Black beans, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Falafel for more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.71 g4 g
- Carbohydrate17.96 g9.56 g
- Fibermore is better6.59 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0.24 g—
- Total fat0.41 g5.35 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.11 g0.72 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.76 mg88.29 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN268.94 mg175.68 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN20.45 mg16.22 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.59 mg1.03 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53.03 mg24.62 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.48 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.

