Black beans, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Black beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick White beans, canned for less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.71 g6.37 g
- Carbohydrate17.96 g18.6 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.59 g4.21 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.24 g0.25 g
- Total fat0.41 g0.25 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.11 g0.06 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.76 mg298.25 mg
- Potassiummore is better268.94 mg398.25 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better20.45 mg64.04 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.59 mg2.62 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN53.03 mg44.74 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.

