Black turtle bean vs. Spaghetti — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are black turtle bean and spaghetti different?

Black turtle bean is richer in iron, fiber, folate, copper, vitamin B1, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, and vitamin E, while spaghetti is higher in selenium.
Spaghetti covers your daily need for selenium, 46% more than black turtle bean.
Black turtle bean contains 15 times more vitamin E than spaghetti. Black turtle bean contains 0.87mg of vitamin E, while spaghetti contains 0.06mg.
Spaghetti has a higher glycemic index (49) than black turtle bean (20).

Beans, black turtle, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Pasta, cooked, unenriched, without added salt types were 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.

Black turtle bean

Spaghetti

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+172.2%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+685.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+884.1%
Contains more IronIron	+470%
Contains more CopperCopper	+169%
Contains more ZincZinc	+49%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+162.1%

Contains less SodiumSodium	-66.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+2100%

~equal in Manganese ~0.322mg

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.

Black turtle bean

Spaghetti

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+1350%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+1025%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+180%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+31.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+132.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+57.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1128.6%
Contains more CholineCholine	+409.4%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	1.2µg	26.4µg	46%
Iron	2.85mg	0.5mg	29%
Fiber	8.3g	1.8g	26%
Folate	86µg	7µg	20%
Copper	0.269mg	0.1mg	19%
Vitamin B1	0.225mg	0.02mg	17%
Phosphorus	152mg	58mg	13%
Potassium	433mg	44mg	11%
Starch		26.01g	11%
Magnesium	49mg	18mg	7%
Vitamin E	0.87mg	0.06mg	5%
Protein	8.18g	5.8g	5%
Choline	32.6mg	6.4mg	5%
Calcium	55mg	7mg	5%
Vitamin B5	0.26mg	0.112mg	3%
Vitamin K	3.3µg	0µg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.056mg	0.02mg	3%
Zinc	0.76mg	0.51mg	2%
Carbs	24.35g	30.86g	2%
Vitamin B6	0.077mg	0.049mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.149g	0.326g	1%
Calories	130kcal	158kcal	1%
Vitamin B3	0.527mg	0.4mg	1%
Fats	0.35g	0.93g	1%
Net carbs	16.05g	29.06g	N/A
Sugar	0.32g	0.56g	N/A
Sodium	3mg	1mg	0%
Manganese	0.327mg	0.322mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.089g	0.176g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.03g	0.131g	0%
Tryptophan	0.097mg	0.083mg	0%
Threonine	0.344mg	0.206mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.361mg	0.228mg	0%
Leucine	0.653mg	0.44mg	0%
Lysine	0.562mg	0.133mg	0%
Methionine	0.123mg	0.065mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.442mg	0.297mg	0%
Valine	0.428mg	0.262mg	0%
Histidine	0.228mg	0.132mg	0%
Fructose		0.03g	0%
Omega-3 - ALA		0.024g	N/A