Cranberry beans vs. French beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between cranberry beans and french beans

The amount of folate, copper, iron, and vitamin B1 in cranberry beans is higher than in french beans.
Cranberry beans covers your daily need for folate, 33% more than french beans.
Cranberry beans contains 2 times more copper than french beans. While cranberry beans contains 0.231mg of copper, french beans contains only 0.115mg.
French beans has a lower glycemic index. The glycemic index of french beans is 20, while the glycemic index of cranberry beans is 35.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Beans, cranberry (roman), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, french, 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.

Cranberry beans

French beans

Contains more IronIron	+93.5%
Contains more CopperCopper	+100.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+78.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+32.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-83.3%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+12%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+26%

~equal in Potassium ~370mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.382mg

~equal in Selenium ~1.2µg

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.

Cranberry beans

French beans

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+61.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+11.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+176%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+29.6%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.546mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.222mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Folate	207µg	75µg	33%
Iron	2.09mg	1.08mg	13%
Copper	0.231mg	0.115mg	13%
Vitamin B1	0.21mg	0.13mg	7%
Protein	9.34g	7.05g	5%
Zinc	1.14mg	0.64mg	5%
Phosphorus	135mg	102mg	5%
Fiber	8.6g	9.4g	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.199g	0.453g	2%
Vitamin B6	0.081mg	0.105mg	2%
Vitamin C	0mg	1.2mg	1%
Magnesium	50mg	56mg	1%
Calcium	50mg	63mg	1%
Potassium	387mg	370mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.069mg	0.062mg	1%
Manganese	0.37mg	0.382mg	1%
Calories	136kcal	129kcal	0%
Fats	0.46g	0.76g	0%
Carbs	24.46g	24.02g	0%
Net carbs	15.86g	14.62g	N/A
Sodium	1mg	6mg	0%
Selenium	1.3µg	1.2µg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.515mg	0.546mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.24mg	0.222mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.119g	0.083g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.04g	0.052g	0%
Tryptophan	0.111mg	0.083mg	0%
Threonine	0.393mg	0.297mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.412mg	0.311mg	0%
Leucine	0.746mg	0.563mg	0%
Lysine	0.641mg	0.484mg	0%
Methionine	0.14mg	0.106mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.505mg	0.381mg	0%
Valine	0.489mg	0.369mg	0%
Histidine	0.26mg	0.196mg	0%