White beans, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 2 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
White beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for more fiber and less sodium.
Pick White beans, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal139 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.04 g9.73 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.31 g25.09 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.7 g6.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.34 g
- Total fat0.38 g0.35 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.09 g0.09 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN239 mg242 mg
- Potassiummore is better401 mg561 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better29 mg90 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.4 mg3.7 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better53 mg63 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

