Black beans, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sodium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Pink beans, cooked for less saturated fat, more potassium and more calcium.
Evenly matched on sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.71 g6.08 g
- Carbohydrate17.96 g18.73 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.59 g3.56 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.24 g0.24 g
- Total fat0.41 g0.33 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.11 g0.08 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.76 mg159.73 mg
- Potassiummore is better268.94 mg340.94 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better20.45 mg34.9 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.59 mg1.54 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53.03 mg43.62 mg
- 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.

