Navy beans, cooked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Navy beans, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Navy beans, cooked for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Pinto beans, cooked for more protein, less sugar and more potassium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better5.88 g6.3 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.61 g18.34 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN7.5 g6.29 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.26 g0.24 gWIN
- Total fat0.44 g0.45 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.07 g0.1 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0 mg0.7 mg
- Potassiummore is better277.86 mg304.9 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN49.29 mg32.17 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.69 mg1.46 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN37.86 mg34.97 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN0.64 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.

