Lima beans, cooked leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Black beans, canned: 100 g · Lima beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Lima beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less sugar, less saturated fat, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Pick Lima beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy91 kcal115 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.03 g7.8 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.55 g20.88 g
- Fibermore is better6.9 g7 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.23 g2.9 g
- Total fat0.29 g0.38 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.09 g
- Sodiumless is better138 mg2 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better308 mg508 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN35 mg17 mg
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg2.39 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better35 mg43 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.7 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.

