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Beans vs. Coca-Cola — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are beans and Coca-Cola different?

  • Beans have more copper, fiber, phosphorus, zinc, vitamin B1, vitamin B6, potassium, selenium, magnesium, and folate than Coca-Cola.
  • Daily need coverage for copper for beans is 23% higher.
  • Beans have a lower glycemic index (33) than Coca-Cola (63).

Beans, baked, canned, no salt added and Beverages, carbonated, cola, fast-food cola are the varieties used in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Beans
9
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 23% 15% 26% 11% 69% 38% 45% 0.13% 0% 25%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 0.6% 0.18% 4.1% 0.33% 0.55% 4.3% 0.52% 0.26% 0.55%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +2400%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +14700%
Contains more IronIron +163.6%
Contains more CopperCopper +20500%
Contains more ZincZinc +6900%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +940%
Contains less SodiumSodium -75%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +4400%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Beans
10
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 10% 1.7% 3% 0% 38% 14% 8.1% 0% 30% 0% 2% 18% 17%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0.16%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +10166.7%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Beans Coca-Cola DV% diff.
Copper 0.206mg 0.001mg 23%
Fiber 5.5g 0g 22%
Vitamin B1 0.15mg 0mg 13%
Phosphorus 104mg 10mg 13%
Zinc 1.4mg 0.02mg 13%
Vitamin B6 0.13mg 0mg 10%
Potassium 296mg 2mg 9%
Protein 4.8g 0.07g 9%
Magnesium 32mg 0mg 8%
Selenium 4.5µg 0.1µg 8%
Folate 24µg 0µg 6%
Choline 30.8mg 0.3mg 6%
Calcium 50mg 2mg 5%
Vitamin B2 0.06mg 0mg 5%
Carbs 20.49g 9.56g 4%
Vitamin B3 0.43mg 0mg 3%
Vitamin C 3.1mg 0mg 3%
Calories 105kcal 37kcal 3%
Caffeine 0mg 8mg 2%
Iron 0.29mg 0.11mg 2%
Vitamin E 0.15mg 0mg 1%
Vitamin A 5µg 0µg 1%
Vitamin K 0.8µg 0µg 1%
Fats 0.4g 0.02g 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.172g 0g 1%
Net carbs 14.99g 9.56g N/A
Sugar 7.78g 8.97g N/A
Sodium 1mg 4mg 0%
Manganese 0.002mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.103g 0g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.035g 0g 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Beans
4
5% 20% 73% 2%
Protein: 4.8 g
Fats: 0.4 g
Carbs: 20.49 g
Water: 72.6 g
Other: 1.71 g
10% 90%
Protein: 0.07 g
Fats: 0.02 g
Carbs: 9.56 g
Water: 90.31 g
Other: 0.04 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +6757.1%
Contains more FatsFats +1900%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +114.3%
Contains more OtherOther +4175%
Contains more WaterWater +24.4%

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Beans - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168128/nutrients
  2. Coca-Cola - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/175093/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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