Cereal vs. Broad beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between cereal and broad beans?

The amount of vitamin B1, vitamin B6, iron, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, zinc, vitamin A, manganese, and vitamin C in cereal is higher than in broad beans.
Cereal's daily need coverage for vitamin B1 is 513% more.
Broad beans contain 206 times less vitamin B6 than cereal. Cereal contains 5.986mg of vitamin B6, while broad beans contain 0.029mg.
Broad beans have less sodium.

We used Cereals ready-to-eat, USDA Commodity Corn and Rice (includes all commodity brands) and Broadbeans, immature seeds, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt 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.

Cereal

Broad beans

Contains more IronIron	+2170.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+128.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+1517%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+202.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+530%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+63.2%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+80%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+83.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-94.8%

~equal in Phosphorus ~73mg

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.

Cereal

Broad beans

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+94.4%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+5714.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+4812.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+4200%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+2368.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+242.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+20541.4%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B1	6.288mg	0.128mg	513%
Vitamin B6	5.986mg	0.029mg	458%
Iron	34.06mg	1.5mg	407%
Vitamin B2	3.87mg	0.09mg	291%
Vitamin B3	29.62mg	1.2mg	178%
Vitamin A	814µg	14µg	89%
Zinc	7.6mg	0.47mg	65%
Sodium	795mg	41mg	33%
Carbs	86.85g	10.1g	26%
Manganese	0.79mg	0.261mg	23%
Vitamin C	38.5mg	19.8mg	21%
Calories	378kcal	62kcal	16%
Folate		58µg	15%
Selenium	6.3µg	1µg	10%
Fiber	1.4g	3.6g	9%
Copper	0.137mg	0.06mg	9%
Magnesium	19mg	31mg	3%
Protein	6.06g	4.8g	3%
Potassium	105mg	193mg	3%
Vitamin B5	0.226mg	0.066mg	3%
Phosphorus	77mg	73mg	1%
Fats	1.08g	0.5g	1%
Saturated fat	0.26g	0.142g	1%
Calcium	10mg	18mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.08mg		1%
Net carbs	85.45g	6.5g	N/A
Sugar	10.35g		N/A
Monounsaturated fat	0.204g	0.02g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.354g	0.303g	0%
Tryptophan	0.066mg	0.048mg	0%
Threonine	0.241mg	0.178mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.26mg	0.215mg	0%
Leucine	0.767mg	0.37mg	0%
Lysine	0.113mg	0.313mg	0%
Methionine	0.13mg	0.037mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.365mg	0.195mg	0%
Valine	0.344mg	0.235mg	0%
Histidine	0.162mg	0.115mg	0%
Fructose	0.26g		0%