Pink beans, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Pink beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked beans, canned (vegetarian) for more fiber and more calcium.
Pick Pink beans, cooked for more protein, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.05 g6.08 gWIN
- Carbohydrate22.49 g18.73 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.36 g3.56 g
- Total sugarsless is better8.47 g0.24 gWIN
- Total fat0.39 g0.33 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.08 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is better364.89 mg159.73 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better238.3 mg340.94 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN36.17 mg34.9 mg
- Ironmore is better1.27 mg1.54 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better28.72 mg43.62 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.

