Cranberry beans vs. Pasta — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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The main differences between cranberry beans and pasta

Cranberry beans has more folate, copper, iron, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, and manganese; however, pasta has more vitamin B2 and vitamin B12.
Daily need coverage for folate for cranberry beans is 36% higher.
Pasta has 16 times less potassium than cranberry beans. Cranberry beans has 387mg of potassium, while pasta has 24mg.
Pasta has a higher glycemic index than cranberry beans.

Food types used in this article are Beans, cranberry (roman), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Pasta, fresh-refrigerated, plain, cooked.

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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

Pasta

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+177.8%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+733.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+1512.5%
Contains more IronIron	+83.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+148.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+103.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+114.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-83.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+65.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+∞%

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

Pasta

Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+31.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+138.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+223.4%

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+117.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+92.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.209mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Folate	207µg	64µg	36%
Fiber	8.6g		34%
Copper	0.231mg	0.093mg	15%
Iron	2.09mg	1.14mg	12%
Cholesterol	0mg	33mg	11%
Potassium	387mg	24mg	11%
Phosphorus	135mg	63mg	10%
Protein	9.34g	5.15g	8%
Magnesium	50mg	18mg	8%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.14µg	6%
Vitamin B2	0.069mg	0.15mg	6%
Manganese	0.37mg	0.224mg	6%
Zinc	1.14mg	0.56mg	5%
Calcium	50mg	6mg	4%
Vitamin B6	0.081mg	0.034mg	4%
Vitamin B3	0.515mg	0.992mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.199g	0.429g	2%
Selenium	1.3µg		2%
Vitamin A		6µg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.24mg	0.183mg	1%
Fats	0.46g	1.05g	1%
Calories	136kcal	131kcal	0%
Carbs	24.46g	24.93g	0%
Net carbs	15.86g	24.93g	N/A
Sodium	1mg	6mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.21mg	0.209mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.119g	0.15g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.04g	0.124g	0%
Tryptophan	0.111mg	0.065mg	0%
Threonine	0.393mg	0.134mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.412mg	0.197mg	0%
Leucine	0.746mg	0.348mg	0%
Lysine	0.641mg	0.097mg	0%
Methionine	0.14mg	0.079mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.505mg	0.247mg	0%
Valine	0.489mg	0.217mg	0%
Histidine	0.26mg	0.103mg	0%