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Fava beans vs. Glutinous rice — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are fava beans and glutinous rice different?

  • Fava beans are higher than glutinous rice in folate, copper, fiber, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, manganese, vitamin B1, and vitamin B2.
  • Fava beans cover your daily need for folate, 26% more than glutinous rice.
  • Fava beans contain 27 times more potassium than glutinous rice. Fava beans contain 268mg of potassium, while glutinous rice contains 10mg.
  • Glutinous rice has a higher glycemic index (98) than fava beans (79).

Broadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Rice, white, glutinous, unenriched, cooked types were used 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 31% 11% 24% 56% 86% 28% 54% 0.65% 55% 14%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 3.6% 0.6% 0.88% 5.3% 16% 11% 3.4% 0.65% 34% 31%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +760%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +1700%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +2580%
Contains more IronIron +971.4%
Contains more CopperCopper +428.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +146.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +1462.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +60.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +115.4%
~equal in Sodium ~5mg

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.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 1% 0.33% 0.4% 0% 24% 21% 13% 9.4% 17% 0% 7.3% 78% 17%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 0.8% 0% 5% 3% 5.4% 13% 6% 0% 0% 0.75% 1.1%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +385%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +584.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +145.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +176.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +10300%
Contains more CholineCholine +1357.1%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +100%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +36.9%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Fava beans Glutinous rice DV% diff.
Folate 104µg 1µg 26%
Copper 0.259mg 0.049mg 23%
Fiber 5.4g 1g 18%
Phosphorus 125mg 8mg 17%
Iron 1.5mg 0.14mg 17%
Protein 7.6g 2.02g 11%
Magnesium 43mg 5mg 9%
Potassium 268mg 10mg 8%
Manganese 0.421mg 0.262mg 7%
Vitamin B1 0.097mg 0.02mg 6%
Vitamin B2 0.089mg 0.013mg 6%
Zinc 1.01mg 0.41mg 5%
Selenium 2.6µg 5.6µg 5%
Choline 30.6mg 2.1mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.072mg 0.026mg 4%
Calcium 36mg 2mg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.711mg 0.29mg 3%
Vitamin K 2.9µg 0µg 2%
Vitamin B5 0.157mg 0.215mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.164g 0.069g 1%
Calories 110kcal 97kcal 1%
Fats 0.4g 0.19g 0%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0mg 0%
Carbs 19.65g 21.09g 0%
Net carbs 14.25g 20.09g N/A
Sugar 1.82g 0.05g N/A
Sodium 5mg 5mg 0%
Vitamin A 1µg 0µg 0%
Vitamin E 0.02mg 0.04mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.066g 0.039g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.079g 0.07g 0%
Tryptophan 0.072mg 0.023mg 0%
Threonine 0.27mg 0.072mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.306mg 0.087mg 0%
Leucine 0.572mg 0.167mg 0%
Lysine 0.486mg 0.073mg 0%
Methionine 0.062mg 0.047mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.321mg 0.108mg 0%
Valine 0.338mg 0.123mg 0%
Histidine 0.193mg 0.047mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
8% 20% 72%
Protein: 7.6 g
Fats: 0.4 g
Carbs: 19.65 g
Water: 71.54 g
Other: 0.81 g
2% 21% 77%
Protein: 2.02 g
Fats: 0.19 g
Carbs: 21.09 g
Water: 76.63 g
Other: 0.07 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +276.2%
Contains more FatsFats +110.5%
Contains more OtherOther +1057.1%
~equal in Carbs ~21.09g
~equal in Water ~76.63g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
21% 26% 53%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.066 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.079 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.164 g
22% 39% 39%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.039 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.07 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.069 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +12.9%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +137.7%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -40.9%

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Fava beans - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173753/nutrients
  2. Glutinous rice - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169711/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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