Split peas, cooked leads 5–1 · 6 categories decided
Both compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Split peas, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 6 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Baked Beans for more calcium.
Pick Split peas, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.22 g7.07 gWIN
- Carbohydrate21.3 g17.88 g
- Fibermore is better3.22 g7.03 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better9.24 g2.46 gWIN
- Total fat0.8 g0.33 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.2 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better434.04 mg1.69 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better—306.78 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN16.07 mg11.86 mg
- Ironmore is better—1.09 mg
- Magnesiummore is better—30.51 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better—0.34 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.
