Black beans, cooked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Black-eyed peas, cooked for more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.71 g6.66 g
- Carbohydrate17.96 g17.9 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.59 g5.6 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.24 g2.84 g
- Total fat0.41 g0.46 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.11 g0.12 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.76 mg3.45 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN268.94 mg239.66 mg
- Calciummore is better20.45 mg20.69 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.59 mg2.16 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53.03 mg45.69 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.34 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.

