Edamame, cooked leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Edamame, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Edamame, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Pinto beans, cooked for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat and less sodium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN9.84 g6.3 g
- Carbohydrate7.36 g18.34 g
- Fibermore is better4.3 g6.29 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better1.8 g0.24 gWIN
- Total fat4.3 g0.45 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.51 g0.1 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better4.96 mg0.7 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN360.33 mg304.9 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN52.07 mg32.17 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.88 mg1.46 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN52.89 mg34.97 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN5.04 mg0.56 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.

