Pinto beans, cooked leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Pinto beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked beans, canned (vegetarian) for less saturated fat and more calcium.
Pick Pinto beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.05 g6.3 gWIN
- Carbohydrate22.49 g18.34 g
- Fibermore is better4.36 g6.29 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better8.47 g0.24 gWIN
- Total fat0.39 g0.45 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.1 g
- Sodiumless is better364.89 mg0.7 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better238.3 mg304.9 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN36.17 mg32.17 mg
- Ironmore is better1.27 mg1.46 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better28.72 mg34.97 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.56 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.

