White beans, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Black beans, cooked: 100 g · White beans, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
White beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Black beans, cooked for more fiber, less sugar, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick White beans, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy132 kcal139 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.86 g9.73 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.71 g25.09 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN8.7 g6.3 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.32 g0.34 g
- Total fat0.54 g0.35 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.14 g0.09 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN1 mg242 mg
- Potassiummore is better355 mg561 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better27 mg90 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.1 mg3.7 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN70 mg63 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.

