Black beans, canned leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Egg, hard-boiled for more protein and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.63 g8.12 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.19 g0.72 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.58 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.25 g0.72 g
- Total fat0.32 g6.85 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g2.11 g
- Sodiumless is better151.65 mg80 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN338.46 mg81.29 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN38.46 mg32.26 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.09 mg0.77 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN38.46 mg6.45 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.

