Tempeh leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Tempeh comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked beans, canned (vegetarian) for less saturated fat and more potassium.
Pick Tempeh for more protein, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.05 g10.57 gWIN
- Carbohydrate22.49 g3.98 g
- Fibermore is better4.36 g—
- Total sugarsless is better8.47 g—
- Total fat0.39 g5.63 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g1.32 g
- Sodiumless is better364.89 mg4.69 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN238.3 mg214.58 mg
- Calciummore is better36.17 mg57.81 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.27 mg1.41 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better28.72 mg42.19 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.

