Dead heat · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 5 of 10 match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for less sugar, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Split peas, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.71 g7.07 gWIN
- Carbohydrate17.96 g17.88 g
- Fibermore is better6.59 g7.03 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.24 g2.46 g
- Total fat0.41 g0.33 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.11 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.76 mg1.69 mg
- Potassiummore is better268.94 mg306.78 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN20.45 mg11.86 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.59 mg1.09 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53.03 mg30.51 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.34 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.

