Black beans, canned leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Pick Hyacinth beans, cooked for more protein, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.63 g6.96 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.19 g17.69 g
- Fibermore is better7.58 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0.25 g—
- Total fat0.32 g0.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.08 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN151.65 mg207.69 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN338.46 mg288.03 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN38.46 mg34.19 mg
- Ironmore is better2.09 mg3.91 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better38.46 mg70.09 mgWIN
- 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.

