Comparison

Mung Beans, cooked vs Black Beans, cooked: Fiber Comparison

Mung Beans, cooked carries more fiber per serving — 15.4g versus 15.0g for Black Beans, cooked. Here's the full breakdown.

Mung Beans, cooked

15.4g per 1 cup (202g)

Soluble5.0g

Insoluble10.4g

Calories212

Protein14.2g

Black Beans, cooked

15.0g per 1 cup (172g)

Soluble5.1g

Insoluble9.9g

Calories227

Protein15.2g

The verdict

Mung Beans, cooked and Black Beans, cooked are close on fiber, within 0.4g of each other per serving. At that gap, other factors — calories, protein, how each fits a given meal — matter more for choosing between them than fiber content alone.

Mung Beans, cooked: 15.4g/serving Black Beans, cooked: 15.0g/serving Difference: 0.4g

Individual pages

Full Mung Beans, cooked profile

Cooks faster than most beans and is the base for mung bean sprouts, which have a much lower fiber count than t...

Full Black Beans, cooked profile

High in resistant starch as well as fiber, which feeds gut bacteria differently than the fiber itself.