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

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A recap on differences between great northern beans and cranberry beans

Great northern beans has more manganese and selenium; however, cranberry beans is higher in folate and fiber.
Cranberry beans covers your daily folate needs 26% more than great northern beans.
Cranberry beans contains 3 times less selenium than great northern beans. Great northern beans contains 4.1µg of selenium, while cranberry beans contains 1.3µg.

Food varieties used in this article are Beans, great northern, 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.

Great northern beans

Cranberry beans

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+36%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+22.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+40%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+215.4%

Contains more ZincZinc	+29.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-50%

~equal in Magnesium ~50mg

~equal in Potassium ~387mg

~equal in Iron ~2.09mg

~equal in Copper ~0.231mg

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.

Great northern beans

Cranberry beans

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+32.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+44.4%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+32.9%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+16.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+102.9%

~equal in Vitamin A ~µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~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	102µg	207µg	26%
Manganese	0.518mg	0.37mg	6%
Fiber	7g	8.6g	6%
Selenium	4.1µg	1.3µg	5%
Vitamin B1	0.158mg	0.21mg	4%
Phosphorus	165mg	135mg	4%
Vitamin B6	0.117mg	0.081mg	3%
Calcium	68mg	50mg	2%
Protein	8.33g	9.34g	2%
Copper	0.247mg	0.231mg	2%
Zinc	0.88mg	1.14mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.266mg	0.24mg	1%
Vitamin B3	0.681mg	0.515mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.059mg	0.069mg	1%
Calories	118kcal	136kcal	1%
Iron	2.13mg	2.09mg	1%
Carbs	21.09g	24.46g	1%
Vitamin C	1.3mg	0mg	1%
Fats	0.45g	0.46g	0%
Net carbs	14.09g	15.86g	N/A
Magnesium	50mg	50mg	0%
Potassium	391mg	387mg	0%
Sodium	2mg	1mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.14g	0.119g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.021g	0.04g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.187g	0.199g	0%
Tryptophan	0.099mg	0.111mg	0%
Threonine	0.351mg	0.393mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.368mg	0.412mg	0%
Leucine	0.665mg	0.746mg	0%
Lysine	0.572mg	0.641mg	0%
Methionine	0.125mg	0.14mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.451mg	0.505mg	0%
Valine	0.436mg	0.489mg	0%
Histidine	0.232mg	0.26mg	0%