Tempeh leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Tempeh comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Tempeh for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal192 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.86 g20.29 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.71 g7.64 g
- Fibermore is better8.7 g—
- Total sugarsless is better0.32 g—
- Total fat0.54 g10.8 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.14 g2.54 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1 mg9 mg
- Potassiummore is better355 mg412 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better27 mg111 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.1 mg2.7 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better70 mg81 mgWIN
- 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.

