Black beans, cooked leads 7–2 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Black beans, cooked: 100 g · Mung beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Mung beans, cooked for less saturated fat and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal105 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.86 g7.02 g
- Carbohydrate23.71 g19.15 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN8.7 g7.6 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.32 g2 g
- Total fat0.54 g0.38 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.14 g0.12 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1 mg238 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN355 mg266 mg
- Calciummore is better27 mg27 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.1 mg1.4 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN70 mg48 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1 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.

