Falafel vs. Great northern beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between falafel and great northern beans

Falafel has more iron, vitamin B2, magnesium, manganese, potassium, and zinc; however, great northern beans is higher in selenium.
Falafel covers your daily need for iron, 16% more than great northern beans.
Falafel has 147 times more sodium than great northern beans. While falafel has 294mg of sodium, great northern beans has only 2mg.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Falafel, home-prepared and Beans, great northern, 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.

Falafel

Great northern beans

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+64%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+49.6%
Contains more IronIron	+60.6%
Contains more ZincZinc	+70.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+16.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+33.4%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+25.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-99.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+310%

~equal in Copper ~0.247mg

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.

Falafel

Great northern beans

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+23.1%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+181.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+53.3%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.158mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.266mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.117mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~102µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Fiber		7g	28%
Fats	17.8g	0.45g	27%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.16g	0.187g	26%
Monounsaturated fat	10.171g	0.021g	25%
Iron	3.42mg	2.13mg	16%
Sodium	294mg	2mg	13%
Calories	333kcal	118kcal	11%
Saturated fat	2.383g	0.14g	10%
Protein	13.31g	8.33g	10%
Magnesium	82mg	50mg	8%
Manganese	0.691mg	0.518mg	8%
Vitamin B2	0.166mg	0.059mg	8%
Potassium	585mg	391mg	6%
Zinc	1.5mg	0.88mg	6%
Selenium	1µg	4.1µg	6%
Phosphorus	192mg	165mg	4%
Carbs	31.84g	21.09g	4%
Vitamin B3	1.044mg	0.681mg	2%
Folate	93µg	102µg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.125mg	0.117mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.146mg	0.158mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.292mg	0.266mg	1%
Copper	0.258mg	0.247mg	1%
Calcium	54mg	68mg	1%
Vitamin C	1.6mg	1.3mg	0%
Net carbs	31.84g	14.09g	N/A
Vitamin A	1µg	0µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.134mg	0.099mg	0%
Threonine	0.492mg	0.351mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.567mg	0.368mg	0%
Leucine	0.944mg	0.665mg	0%
Lysine	0.856mg	0.572mg	0%
Methionine	0.187mg	0.125mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.707mg	0.451mg	0%
Valine	0.562mg	0.436mg	0%
Histidine	0.364mg	0.232mg	0%