Baked beans vs. Minestrone — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between baked beans and minestrone

Baked beans have more fiber, iron, phosphorus, copper, magnesium, vitamin B1, and folate; however, minestrone is higher in vitamin A.
Baked beans cover your daily fiber needs 20% more than minestrone.
Minestrone contains 14 times less magnesium than baked beans. Baked beans contain 43mg of magnesium, while minestrone contains 3mg.
Minestrone has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Beans, baked, home prepared and Soup, minestrone, canned, prepared with equal volume water.

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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.

Baked beans

Minestrone

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+1333.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+335.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+175.4%
Contains more IronIron	+423.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+211.8%
Contains more ZincZinc	+135.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+373.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+67.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+∞%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-39.8%

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.

Baked beans

Minestrone

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+120%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+518.2%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+172.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+119.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+220%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A

+∞%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.391mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.14mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Iron	1.99mg	0.38mg	20%
Fiber	5.5g	0.4g	20%
Phosphorus	109mg	23mg	12%
Copper	0.159mg	0.051mg	12%
Selenium	5.7µg		10%
Vitamin B1	0.136mg	0.022mg	10%
Magnesium	43mg	3mg	10%
Saturated fat	1.948g	0.23g	8%
Folate	48µg	15µg	8%
Protein	5.54g	1.77g	8%
Sodium	422mg	254mg	7%
Potassium	358mg	130mg	7%
Calories	155kcal	34kcal	6%
Fats	5.15g	1.04g	6%
Carbs	21.63g	4.66g	6%
Monounsaturated fat	2.133g	0.29g	5%
Vitamin A	0µg	49µg	5%
Calcium	61mg	14mg	5%
Vitamin B6	0.09mg	0.041mg	4%
Zinc	0.73mg	0.31mg	4%
Manganese	0.255mg	0.152mg	4%
Vitamin B2	0.049mg	0.018mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.74g	0.46g	2%
Vitamin C	1.1mg	0.5mg	1%
Cholesterol	5mg	1mg	1%
Net carbs	16.13g	4.26g	N/A
Vitamin B3	0.408mg	0.391mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.155mg	0.14mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.067mg	0.013mg	0%
Threonine	0.228mg	0.043mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.242mg	0.054mg	0%
Leucine	0.428mg	0.098mg	0%
Lysine	0.379mg	0.076mg	0%
Methionine	0.086mg	0.018mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.287mg	0.064mg	0%
Valine	0.282mg	0.074mg	0%
Histidine	0.153mg	0.03mg	0%