Black beans, cooked leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Black beans, cooked: 100 g · Refried beans: 100 g.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Refried beans for more calcium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal90 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.86 g4.98 g
- Carbohydrate23.71 g13.55 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN8.7 g3.7 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.32 g0.54 g
- Total fat0.54 g2.01 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.14 g0.63 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1 mg370 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN355 mg319 mg
- Calciummore is better27 mg29 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.1 mg1.44 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN70 mg35 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg6 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.

