Kidney beans, cooked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Kidney beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less sugar, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Pick Kidney beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy91 kcal127 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.03 g8.67 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.55 g22.8 g
- Fibermore is better6.9 g7.4 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.23 g0.32 g
- Total fat0.29 g0.5 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.08 g0.07 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better138 mg2 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better308 mg403 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN35 mg28 mg
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg2.94 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better35 mg45 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.

