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

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each 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

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each 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 D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.062mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

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%
Zinc	0.88mg	0.64mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.158mg	0.13mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.187g	0.453g	2%
Calories	118kcal	129kcal	1%
Carbs	21.09g	24.02g	1%
Magnesium	50mg	56mg	1%
Calcium	68mg	63mg	1%
Potassium	391mg	370mg	1%
Vitamin B3	0.681mg	0.546mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.266mg	0.222mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.117mg	0.105mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	7.1g	5.5g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	142kcal	183kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	85g	78g	N/A
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%