Black beans, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided
Black beans, cooked: 100 g · Cranberry beans, canned: 100 g.
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 sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Cranberry beans, canned for less saturated fat, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal83 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.86 g5.54 g
- Carbohydrate23.71 g15.12 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN8.7 g6.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.32 g—
- Total fat0.54 g0.28 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.14 g0.07 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1 mg332 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN355 mg260 mg
- Calciummore is better27 mg34 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.1 mg1.55 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN70 mg32 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.8 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.

