French beans, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
French beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less sodium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick French beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy91 kcal129 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.03 g7.05 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.55 g24.02 g
- Fibermore is better6.9 g9.4 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better0.23 g—
- Total fat0.29 g0.76 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.08 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN138 mg242 mg
- Potassiummore is better308 mg370 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better35 mg63 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.9 mg1.08 mg
- Magnesiummore is better35 mg56 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.7 mg1.2 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.

