Black beans, canned leads 9–1 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 9 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Kidney beans, canned for more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.63 g6.44 g
- Carbohydrate18.19 g17.33 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.58 g4.44 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.25 g3.06 g
- Total fat0.32 g0.85 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.15 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN151.65 mg186.29 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN338.46 mg223.39 mg
- Calciummore is better38.46 mg45.97 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.09 mg1.21 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN38.46 mg24.19 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.97 mg0.16 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.

