Black beans, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Black beans, cooked: 100 g · Chickpeas, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Chickpeas, cooked for more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on protein.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal164 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.86 g8.86 g
- Carbohydrate23.71 g27.42 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN8.7 g7.6 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.32 g4.8 g
- Total fat0.54 g2.59 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.14 g0.27 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1 mg7 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN355 mg291 mg
- Calciummore is better27 mg49 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.1 mg2.89 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN70 mg48 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1.3 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.

