Lentils, cooked leads 9–1 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Lentils, cooked comes out ahead, winning 9 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chickpeas, cooked for more calcium.
Pick Lentils, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.4 g7.78 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.72 g17.35 g
- Fibermore is better4.63 g6.81 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better2.93 g1.55 gWIN
- Total fat1.58 g0.33 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.16 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better4.27 mg1.72 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better177.44 mg318.1 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN29.88 mg16.38 mg
- Ironmore is better1.76 mg2.87 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better29.27 mg31.03 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0.79 mg1.29 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.

