Kidney beans, canned leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Kidney beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked beans, canned for less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Kidney beans, canned for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.05 g6.44 gWIN
- Carbohydrate22.49 g17.33 g
- Fibermore is better4.36 g4.44 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better8.47 g3.06 gWIN
- Total fat0.39 g0.85 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.15 g
- Sodiumless is better364.89 mg186.29 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN238.3 mg223.39 mg
- Calciummore is better36.17 mg45.97 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.27 mg1.21 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN28.72 mg24.19 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.16 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.

