Kidney beans vs. Beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between kidney beans and beans?

Kidney beans is higher in folate, iron, and vitamin K; however, beans are richer in selenium.
Kidney beans's daily need coverage for folate is 27% more.
Beans contain 11 times less vitamin K than kidney beans. Kidney beans contains 8.4µg of vitamin K, while beans contain 0.8µg.
Kidney beans has less sugar.
Kidney beans has a lower glycemic index (22) than beans (33).

We used Beans, kidney, all types, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, baked, canned, no salt added types 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.

Kidney beans

Beans

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+31.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+36.8%
Contains more IronIron	+665.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+32.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+∞%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+42.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+40%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+309.1%

~equal in Copper ~0.206mg

~equal in Sodium ~1mg

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.

Kidney beans

Beans

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+34.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+950%
Contains more FolateFolate	+441.7%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+158.3%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+400%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.15mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.06mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.13mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Choline ~30.8mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Folate	130µg	24µg	27%
Iron	2.22mg	0.29mg	24%
Manganese	0.43mg		19%
Protein	8.67g	4.8g	8%
Selenium	1.1µg	4.5µg	6%
Vitamin K	8.4µg	0.8µg	6%
Phosphorus	138mg	104mg	5%
Fiber	6.4g	5.5g	4%
Vitamin B5	0.22mg		4%
Zinc	1mg	1.4mg	4%
Potassium	405mg	296mg	3%
Magnesium	42mg	32mg	2%
Calcium	35mg	50mg	2%
Vitamin C	1.2mg	3.1mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.12mg	0.13mg	1%
Vitamin B3	0.578mg	0.43mg	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.278g	0.172g	1%
Calories	127kcal	105kcal	1%
Vitamin B1	0.16mg	0.15mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.03mg	0.15mg	1%
Copper	0.216mg	0.206mg	1%
Carbs	22.8g	20.49g	1%
Vitamin A	0µg	5µg	1%
Fats	0.5g	0.4g	0%
Net carbs	16.4g	14.99g	N/A
Sugar	0.32g	7.78g	N/A
Sodium	1mg	1mg	0%
Vitamin B2	0.058mg	0.06mg	0%
Choline	30.5mg	30.8mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.073g	0.103g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.039g	0.035g	0%
Tryptophan	0.104mg		0%
Threonine	0.319mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.41mg		0%
Leucine	0.736mg		0%
Lysine	0.607mg		0%
Methionine	0.113mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.511mg		0%
Valine	0.5mg		0%
Histidine	0.238mg		0%