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French beans vs. Bran — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between french beans and bran?

  • French beans is higher in fiber, folate, potassium, vitamin B6, copper, and calcium, yet bran is higher in manganese and selenium.
  • French beans's daily need coverage for fiber is 27% more.
  • French beans has 13 times more folate than bran. While french beans has 75µg of folate, bran has only 6µg.
  • The glycemic index of french beans is lower.

We used Beans, french, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Oat bran, cooked 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 40% 19% 33% 41% 38% 17% 44% 0.78% 50% 6.5%
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 29% 3% 8.1% 33% 22% 14% 51% 0.13% 126% 42%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +40%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +530%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +302.2%
Contains more IronIron +22.7%
Contains more CopperCopper +74.2%
Contains more ZincZinc +20.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +16.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -83.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +152.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +541.7%

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 4% 0% 0% 0% 33% 14% 10% 13% 24% 0% 0% 56% 0%
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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% 0% 40% 7.8% 2.7% 13% 5.8% 0% 0% 4.5% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +82.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +279.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +320%
Contains more FolateFolate +1150%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +23.1%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.217mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient French beans Bran DV% diff.
Fiber 9.4g 2.6g 27%
Manganese 0.382mg 0.964mg 25%
Folate 75µg 6µg 17%
Selenium 1.2µg 7.7µg 12%
Potassium 370mg 92mg 8%
Protein 7.05g 3.21g 8%
Vitamin B6 0.105mg 0.025mg 6%
Calcium 63mg 10mg 5%
Copper 0.115mg 0.066mg 5%
Calories 129kcal 40kcal 4%
Carbs 24.02g 11.44g 4%
Magnesium 56mg 40mg 4%
Vitamin B3 0.546mg 0.144mg 3%
Vitamin B1 0.13mg 0.16mg 3%
Iron 1.08mg 0.88mg 3%
Phosphorus 102mg 119mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.062mg 0.034mg 2%
Monounsaturated fat 0.052g 0.291g 1%
Zinc 0.64mg 0.53mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.453g 0.339g 1%
Vitamin C 1.2mg 0mg 1%
Fats 0.76g 0.86g 0%
Net carbs 14.62g 8.84g N/A
Sodium 6mg 1mg 0%
Vitamin B5 0.222mg 0.217mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.083g 0.163g 0%
Tryptophan 0.083mg 0.057mg 0%
Threonine 0.297mg 0.086mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.311mg 0.114mg 0%
Leucine 0.563mg 0.235mg 0%
Lysine 0.484mg 0.13mg 0%
Methionine 0.106mg 0.057mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.381mg 0.155mg 0%
Valine 0.369mg 0.165mg 0%
Histidine 0.196mg 0.07mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
7% 24% 67%
Protein: 7.05 g
Fats: 0.76 g
Carbs: 24.02 g
Water: 66.57 g
Other: 1.6 g
Bran
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3% 11% 84%
Protein: 3.21 g
Fats: 0.86 g
Carbs: 11.44 g
Water: 84 g
Other: 0.49 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +119.6%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +110%
Contains more OtherOther +226.5%
Contains more FatsFats +13.2%
Contains more WaterWater +26.2%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
14% 9% 77%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.083 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.052 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.453 g
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21% 37% 43%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.163 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.291 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.339 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -49.1%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +33.6%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +459.6%

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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. French beans - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/173739/nutrients
  2. Bran - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168873/nutrients

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

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