Black beans, canned leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for more fiber, less sugar, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Lima beans, cooked for more protein, less sodium and more potassium.
Evenly matched on saturated fat.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.63 g6.78 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.19 g18.16 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.58 g6.09 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.25 g2.52 g
- Total fat0.32 g0.33 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.08 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is better151.65 mg1.74 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better338.46 mg441.74 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN38.46 mg14.78 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.09 mg2.08 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN38.46 mg37.39 mg
- 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.

