Falafel leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Falafel comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less saturated fat, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Pick Falafel for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy91 kcal333 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.03 g13.31 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.55 g31.84 g
- Fibermore is better6.9 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0.23 g—
- Total fat0.29 g17.8 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g2.38 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN138 mg294 mg
- Potassiummore is better308 mg585 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better35 mg54 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg3.42 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better35 mg82 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.7 mg1.6 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.

