Dead heat · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 5 of 10 match-ups.
Pick Lentils, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Navy beans, cooked for more fiber, less sugar, less sodium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN7.78 g5.88 g
- Carbohydrate17.35 g18.61 g
- Fibermore is better6.81 g7.5 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better1.55 g0.26 gWIN
- Total fat0.33 g0.44 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.05 g0.07 g
- Sodiumless is better1.72 mg0 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN318.1 mg277.86 mg
- Calciummore is better16.38 mg49.29 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.87 mg1.69 mg
- Magnesiummore is better31.03 mg37.86 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN1.29 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.

