Fava beans, cooked leads 5–1 · 6 categories decided
Both compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Fava beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked Beans for more fiber.
Pick Fava beans, cooked for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.15 g6.91 gWIN
- Carbohydrate15.9 g17.86 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN5.15 g4.91 g
- Total sugarsless is better5.26 g1.65 gWIN
- Total fat0.55 g0.36 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.11 g0.06 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better232.41 mg219.09 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better—243.64 mg
- Calciummore is better—32.73 mg
- Ironmore is better0 mg1.36 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better—39.09 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0.27 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.
