Black beans, canned leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Cranberry beans, canned for more protein, more fiber, more calcium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.63 g6.67 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.19 g18.22 g
- Fibermore is better7.58 g7.59 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better0.25 g—
- Total fat0.32 g0.34 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.09 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN151.65 mg400 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN338.46 mg313.25 mg
- Calciummore is better38.46 mg40.96 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.09 mg1.87 mg
- Magnesiummore is better38.46 mg38.55 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.97 mg0.96 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.

