Small white beans, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Black beans, cooked: 100 g · Small white beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Small white beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Small white beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal142 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.86 g8.97 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.71 g25.81 g
- Fibermore is better8.7 g10.4 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better0.32 g—
- Total fat0.54 g0.64 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.14 g0.17 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1 mg238 mg
- Potassiummore is better355 mg463 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better27 mg73 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.1 mg2.84 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN70 mg68 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.

