Fava beans, cooked leads 9–0 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Baked beans, canned: 100 g · Fava beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Fava beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 9 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Fava beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy94 kcal110 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.75 g7.6 gWIN
- Carbohydrate21.14 g19.65 g
- Fibermore is better4.1 g5.4 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better7.96 g1.82 gWIN
- Total fat0.37 g0.4 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.07 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is better343 mg241 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better224 mg268 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better34 mg36 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.19 mg1.5 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better27 mg43 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.3 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.

