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Black beans, cooked
Black beans, cooked4
VS
Small white beans, cooked
Small white beans, cooked4

Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 1 tie

Both foods compared at 100 kcal.

The verdict

It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.

Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium and more magnesium.

Pick Small white beans, cooked for more fiber, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.

Evenly matched on vitamin C.

Equal weight (per 100 g)Common servingEqual calories

Head-to-head

  • Energy
    100 kcal
    100 kcal
  • Proteinmore is better
    WIN6.71 g
    6.32 g
  • Carbohydrate
    17.96 g
    18.18 g
  • Fibermore is better
    6.59 g
    7.32 gWIN
  • Total sugarsless is better
    0.24 g
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  • Total fat
    0.41 g
    0.45 g
  • Saturated fatless is better
    WIN0.11 g
    0.12 g
  • Sodiumless is better
    WIN0.76 mg
    167.61 mg
  • Potassiummore is better
    268.94 mg
    326.06 mgWIN
  • Calciummore is better
    20.45 mg
    51.41 mgWIN
  • Ironmore is better
    1.59 mg
    2 mgWIN
  • Magnesiummore is better
    WIN53.03 mg
    47.89 mg
  • Vitamin Cmore is better
    0 mg
    0 mg
  • Vitamin Dmore is better
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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.