Yellow beans, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Yellow beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baby lima beans, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Yellow beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy126 kcal144 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.04 g9.16 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.31 g25.28 g
- Fibermore is better7.7 g10.4 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0.34 g
- Total fat0.38 g1.08 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.09 g0.28 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN239 mg241 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN401 mg325 mg
- Calciummore is better29 mg62 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.4 mg2.48 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better53 mg74 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.8 mgWIN
- 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.

