Baked beans, canned leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Baked beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked beans, canned for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more calcium.
Pick Black-eyed peas, canned for more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN5.05 g3.3 g
- Carbohydrate22.49 g19.92 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.36 g3.98 g
- Total sugarsless is better8.47 g—
- Total fat0.39 g1.93 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.73 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN364.89 mg421.69 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN238.3 mg214.46 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN36.17 mg20.48 mg
- Ironmore is better1.27 mg1.71 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better28.72 mg51.81 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.24 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.

