Great northern beans, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Black beans, canned: 100 g · Great northern beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Great northern beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less saturated fat, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Pick Great northern beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy91 kcal118 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.03 g8.33 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.55 g21.09 g
- Fibermore is better6.9 g7 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better0.23 g—
- Total fat0.29 g0.45 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.14 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN138 mg238 mg
- Potassiummore is better308 mg391 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better35 mg68 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg2.13 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better35 mg50 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.7 mg1.3 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.

