Navy beans, cooked leads 8–2 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Navy beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 8 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chickpeas, cooked for more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Navy beans, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.4 g5.88 gWIN
- Carbohydrate16.72 g18.61 g
- Fibermore is better4.63 g7.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better2.93 g0.26 gWIN
- Total fat1.58 g0.44 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.16 g0.07 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better4.27 mg0 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better177.44 mg277.86 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better29.88 mg49.29 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.76 mg1.69 mg
- Magnesiummore is better29.27 mg37.86 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN0.79 mg0.64 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.

