Fava beans, cooked leads 4–1 · 5 categories decided
Both compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Fava beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 5 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked Beans for more fiber.
Pick Fava beans, cooked for more protein, less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.41 g6.91 gWIN
- Carbohydrate14.71 g17.86 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN6.94 g4.91 g
- Total sugarsless is better5.53 g1.65 gWIN
- Total fat0.71 g0.36 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.12 g0.06 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better282.35 mg219.09 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better—243.64 mg
- Calciummore is better—32.73 mg
- Ironmore is better—1.36 mg
- 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.
