Dead heat · 10 categories decided
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 5 of 10 match-ups.
Pick Edamame, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Lentils, cooked for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy121 kcal116 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN11.91 g9.02 g
- Carbohydrate8.91 g20.13 g
- Fibermore is better5.2 g7.9 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better2.18 g1.8 gWIN
- Total fat5.2 g0.38 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.62 g0.05 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better6 mg2 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN436 mg369 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN63 mg19 mg
- Ironmore is better2.27 mg3.33 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN64 mg36 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN6.1 mg1.5 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.

