Black beans, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Black-eyed peas, canned for more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.71 g3.3 g
- Carbohydrate17.96 g19.92 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.59 g3.98 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.24 g—
- Total fat0.41 g1.93 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.11 g0.73 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.76 mg421.69 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN268.94 mg214.46 mg
- Calciummore is better20.45 mg20.48 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.59 mg1.71 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53.03 mg51.81 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.24 mgWIN
- 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.

