Edamame, cooked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Edamame, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chickpeas, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Edamame, cooked for more protein, less sugar, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.4 g9.84 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.72 g7.36 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.63 g4.3 g
- Total sugarsless is better2.93 g1.8 gWIN
- Total fat1.58 g4.3 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.16 g0.51 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN4.27 mg4.96 mg
- Potassiummore is better177.44 mg360.33 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better29.88 mg52.07 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.76 mg1.88 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better29.27 mg52.89 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.79 mg5.04 mgWIN
- 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.

