Pinto beans, cooked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Black beans, canned: 100 g · Pinto beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Pinto beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less sugar, less saturated fat and more vitamin C.
Pick Pinto beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy91 kcal143 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.03 g9.01 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.55 g26.22 g
- Fibermore is better6.9 g9 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.23 g0.34 g
- Total fat0.29 g0.65 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g0.14 g
- Sodiumless is better138 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better308 mg436 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better35 mg46 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.9 mg2.09 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better35 mg50 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN2.7 mg0.8 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.

