Dead heat · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Black beans, canned for less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Tempeh for more protein, less sodium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.63 g10.57 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.19 g3.98 g
- Fibermore is better7.58 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0.25 g—
- Total fat0.32 g5.63 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.08 g1.32 g
- Sodiumless is better151.65 mg4.69 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN338.46 mg214.58 mg
- Calciummore is better38.46 mg57.81 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.09 mg1.41 mg
- Magnesiummore is better38.46 mg42.19 mgWIN
- 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.

