Hyacinth beans, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Black beans, cooked: 100 g · Hyacinth beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Hyacinth beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, less sodium and more potassium.
Pick Hyacinth beans, cooked for less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal117 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.86 g8.14 g
- Carbohydrate23.71 g20.7 g
- Fibermore is better8.7 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0.32 g—
- Total fat0.54 g0.58 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.14 g0.1 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1 mg243 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN355 mg337 mg
- Calciummore is better27 mg40 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.1 mg4.58 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better70 mg82 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- 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.

