Black beans, canned leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Black beans, canned: 100 g · Mung beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Black beans, canned comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Mung beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy91 kcal105 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.03 g7.02 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.55 g19.15 g
- Fibermore is better6.9 g7.6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.23 g2 g
- Total fat0.29 g0.38 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.12 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN138 mg238 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN308 mg266 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN35 mg27 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.9 mg1.4 mg
- Magnesiummore is better35 mg48 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.7 mg1 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.

