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

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How are great northern beans and french beans different?

Great northern beans is richer in copper, iron, phosphorus, folate, manganese, and selenium, while french beans is higher in fiber.
Great northern beans covers your daily need for copper, 15% more than french beans.
Great northern beans contains 3 times more selenium than french beans. Great northern beans contains 4.1µg of selenium, while french beans contains 1.2µg.

Beans, great northern, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, french, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt 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.

Great northern beans

French beans

Contains more IronIron	+97.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+114.8%
Contains more ZincZinc	+37.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+61.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-66.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+35.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+241.7%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium

+12%

~equal in Calcium ~63mg

~equal in Potassium ~370mg

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

French beans

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+21.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+24.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+19.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+11.4%
Contains more FolateFolate	+36%

~equal in Vitamin C ~1.2mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.062mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	0.247mg	0.115mg	15%
Iron	2.13mg	1.08mg	13%
Fiber	7g	9.4g	10%
Phosphorus	165mg	102mg	9%
Folate	102µg	75µg	7%
Manganese	0.518mg	0.382mg	6%
Selenium	4.1µg	1.2µg	5%
Protein	8.33g	7.05g	3%
Vitamin B1	0.158mg	0.13mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.187g	0.453g	2%
Zinc	0.88mg	0.64mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.117mg	0.105mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.266mg	0.222mg	1%
Vitamin B3	0.681mg	0.546mg	1%
Calories	118kcal	129kcal	1%
Calcium	68mg	63mg	1%
Potassium	391mg	370mg	1%
Magnesium	50mg	56mg	1%
Carbs	21.09g	24.02g	1%
Fats	0.45g	0.76g	0%
Vitamin C	1.3mg	1.2mg	0%
Net carbs	14.09g	14.62g	N/A
Sodium	2mg	6mg	0%
Vitamin B2	0.059mg	0.062mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.14g	0.083g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.021g	0.052g	0%
Tryptophan	0.099mg	0.083mg	0%
Threonine	0.351mg	0.297mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.368mg	0.311mg	0%
Leucine	0.665mg	0.563mg	0%
Lysine	0.572mg	0.484mg	0%
Methionine	0.125mg	0.106mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.451mg	0.381mg	0%
Valine	0.436mg	0.369mg	0%
Histidine	0.232mg	0.196mg	0%