Chickpea flour (besan) leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Baked beans, canned (vegetarian): 100 g · Chickpea flour (besan): 100 g.
The verdict
Chickpea flour (besan) comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked beans, canned (vegetarian) for less sugar and less saturated fat.
Pick Chickpea flour (besan) for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy94 kcal387 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.75 g22.39 gWIN
- Carbohydrate21.14 g57.82 g
- Fibermore is better4.1 g10.8 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN7.96 g10.85 g
- Total fat0.37 g6.69 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.07 g0.69 g
- Sodiumless is better343 mg64 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better224 mg846 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better34 mg45 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.19 mg4.86 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better27 mg166 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.

