Baked beans vs. White beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between baked beans and white beans

Baked beans have more selenium; however, white beans is higher in iron, manganese, copper, folate, potassium, and zinc.
White beans covers your daily iron needs 21% more than baked beans.
White beans contains 70 times less sodium than baked beans. Baked beans contain 422mg of sodium, while white beans contains 6mg.

Food varieties used in this article are Beans, baked, home prepared and Beans, white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt.

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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

White beans

Contains more SeleniumSelenium

+338.5%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+46.5%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+47.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+56.7%
Contains more IronIron	+85.9%
Contains more CopperCopper	+80.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+89%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-98.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+149.4%

~equal in Phosphorus ~113mg

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

White beans

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+15.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+191.4%

Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+47.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+68.8%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.046mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.093mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Iron	1.99mg	3.7mg	21%
Sodium	422mg	6mg	18%
Manganese	0.255mg	0.636mg	17%
Copper	0.159mg	0.287mg	14%
Saturated fat	1.948g	0.091g	8%
Protein	5.54g	9.73g	8%
Selenium	5.7µg	1.3µg	8%
Folate	48µg	81µg	8%
Fats	5.15g	0.35g	7%
Choline		35.1mg	6%
Potassium	358mg	561mg	6%
Vitamin E		0.94mg	6%
Zinc	0.73mg	1.38mg	6%
Monounsaturated fat	2.133g	0.031g	5%
Magnesium	43mg	63mg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.74g	0.152g	4%
Vitamin K		3.5µg	3%
Fiber	5.5g	6.3g	3%
Calcium	61mg	90mg	3%
Vitamin B3	0.408mg	0.14mg	2%
Cholesterol	5mg	0mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.136mg	0.118mg	2%
Calories	155kcal	139kcal	1%
Vitamin B5	0.155mg	0.229mg	1%
Phosphorus	109mg	113mg	1%
Carbs	21.63g	25.09g	1%
Vitamin C	1.1mg	0mg	1%
Net carbs	16.13g	18.79g	N/A
Sugar		0.34g	N/A
Vitamin B2	0.049mg	0.046mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.09mg	0.093mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.067mg	0.115mg	0%
Threonine	0.228mg	0.409mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.242mg	0.429mg	0%
Leucine	0.428mg	0.776mg	0%
Lysine	0.379mg	0.668mg	0%
Methionine	0.086mg	0.146mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.287mg	0.526mg	0%
Valine	0.282mg	0.509mg	0%
Histidine	0.153mg	0.271mg	0%