Black beans, canned leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Black turtle beans, cooked for less saturated fat, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.63 g6.29 g
- Carbohydrate18.19 g18.73 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.58 g6.38 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.25 g0.25 g
- Total fat0.32 g0.27 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.08 g0.07 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN151.65 mg183.85 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN338.46 mg333.08 mg
- Calciummore is better38.46 mg42.31 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.09 mg2.19 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN38.46 mg37.69 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.97 mg0 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.

