Chili con carne with beans leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chili con carne with beans comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beef stew, canned for less sodium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Chili con carne with beans for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better4.45 g5.42 gWIN
- Carbohydrate7.93 g12.24 g
- Fibermore is better0.91 g3.08 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better1.78 g1.75 gWIN
- Total fat5.59 g3.24 g
- Saturated fatless is better2.21 g1.17 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN391.92 mg419.63 mg
- Potassiummore is better164.65 mg246.73 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better12.12 mg30.84 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.51 mg1.25 mg
- Magnesiummore is better8.08 mg26.17 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN0.71 mg0.19 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.

