Fava beans, canned leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Fava beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked beans, canned for less sodium.
Pick Fava beans, canned for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.05 g7.7 gWIN
- Carbohydrate22.49 g17.48 g
- Fibermore is better4.36 g5.21 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better8.47 g—
- Total fat0.39 g0.31 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.08 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN364.89 mg638.03 mg
- Potassiummore is better238.3 mg340.85 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better36.17 mg36.62 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.27 mg1.41 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better28.72 mg45.07 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg2.54 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.

