Black beans, canned leads 8–1 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 8 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Black-eyed peas, canned for more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.63 g3.3 g
- Carbohydrate18.19 g19.92 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.58 g3.98 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.25 g—
- Total fat0.32 g1.93 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.73 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN151.65 mg421.69 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN338.46 mg214.46 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN38.46 mg20.48 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.09 mg1.71 mg
- Magnesiummore is better38.46 mg51.81 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.97 mg0.24 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.

