Navy beans, cooked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Navy beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, less sugar and more magnesium.
Pick Navy beans, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal140 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.86 g8.23 g
- Carbohydrate23.71 g26.05 g
- Fibermore is better8.7 g10.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.32 g0.37 g
- Total fat0.54 g0.62 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.14 g0.1 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better1 mg0 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better355 mg389 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better27 mg69 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.1 mg2.36 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN70 mg53 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.9 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.

