French beans vs. Cranberry beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between french beans and cranberry beans

The amount of folate, copper, iron, and vitamin B1 in cranberry beans is higher than in french beans.
Cranberry beans covers your daily need for folate, 33% more than french beans.
French beans has a lower glycemic index. The glycemic index of french beans is 20, while the glycemic index of cranberry beans is 35.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Beans, french, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, cranberry (roman), 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.

French beans

Cranberry beans

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+12%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+26%

Contains more IronIron	+93.5%
Contains more CopperCopper	+100.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+78.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+32.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-83.3%

~equal in Potassium ~387mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.37mg

~equal in Selenium ~1.3µg

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.

French beans

Cranberry beans

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+29.6%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+61.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+11.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+176%

~equal in Vitamin A ~µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.515mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.24mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Folate	75µg	207µg	33%
Iron	1.08mg	2.09mg	13%
Copper	0.115mg	0.231mg	13%
Vitamin B1	0.13mg	0.21mg	7%
Protein	7.05g	9.34g	5%
Zinc	0.64mg	1.14mg	5%
Phosphorus	102mg	135mg	5%
Fiber	9.4g	8.6g	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.453g	0.199g	2%
Vitamin B6	0.105mg	0.081mg	2%
Vitamin C	1.2mg	0mg	1%
Magnesium	56mg	50mg	1%
Calcium	63mg	50mg	1%
Potassium	370mg	387mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.062mg	0.069mg	1%
Manganese	0.382mg	0.37mg	1%
Calories	129kcal	136kcal	0%
Fats	0.76g	0.46g	0%
Carbs	24.02g	24.46g	0%
Net carbs	14.62g	15.86g	N/A
Sodium	6mg	1mg	0%
Selenium	1.2µg	1.3µg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.546mg	0.515mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.222mg	0.24mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.083g	0.119g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.052g	0.04g	0%
Tryptophan	0.083mg	0.111mg	0%
Threonine	0.297mg	0.393mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.311mg	0.412mg	0%
Leucine	0.563mg	0.746mg	0%
Lysine	0.484mg	0.641mg	0%
Methionine	0.106mg	0.14mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.381mg	0.505mg	0%
Valine	0.369mg	0.489mg	0%
Histidine	0.196mg	0.26mg	0%