Black beans, cooked leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Navy beans, canned for less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.71 g6.66 g
- Carbohydrate17.96 g18.1 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.59 g4.51 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.24 g0.25 g
- Total fat0.41 g0.38 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.11 g0.1 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.76 mg297.35 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN268.94 mg254.87 mg
- Calciummore is better20.45 mg41.59 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.59 mg1.64 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53.03 mg41.59 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.62 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.

