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

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A recap on the differences between great northern beans and lentil

Great northern beans has less folate, iron, and vitamin B5.
Lentil covers your daily folate needs 20% more than great northern beans.
Lentil contains 4 times less calcium than great northern beans. Great northern beans contains 68mg of calcium, while lentil contains 19mg.

Food varieties used in this article are Beans, great northern, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Lentils, 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

Lentil

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+38.9%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+257.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+46.4%

Contains more IronIron	+56.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+44.3%

~equal in Potassium ~369mg

~equal in Copper ~0.251mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~180mg

~equal in Sodium ~2mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.494mg

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

Lentil

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+15.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+23.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+55.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+139.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+52.1%
Contains more FolateFolate	+77.5%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.169mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Folate	102µg	181µg	20%
Iron	2.13mg	3.33mg	15%
Vitamin B5	0.266mg	0.638mg	7%
Choline		32.7mg	6%
Vitamin B6	0.117mg	0.178mg	5%
Calcium	68mg	19mg	5%
Fiber	7g	7.9g	4%
Zinc	0.88mg	1.27mg	4%
Magnesium	50mg	36mg	3%
Phosphorus	165mg	180mg	2%
Vitamin B3	0.681mg	1.06mg	2%
Selenium	4.1µg	2.8µg	2%
Protein	8.33g	9.02g	1%
Potassium	391mg	369mg	1%
Vitamin K		1.7µg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.059mg	0.073mg	1%
Vitamin E		0.11mg	1%
Manganese	0.518mg	0.494mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.158mg	0.169mg	1%
Calories	118kcal	116kcal	0%
Fats	0.45g	0.38g	0%
Vitamin C	1.3mg	1.5mg	0%
Carbs	21.09g	20.13g	0%
Net carbs	14.09g	12.23g	N/A
Sugar		1.8g	N/A
Copper	0.247mg	0.251mg	0%
Sodium	2mg	2mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.14g	0.053g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.021g	0.064g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.187g	0.175g	0%
Tryptophan	0.099mg	0.081mg	0%
Threonine	0.351mg	0.323mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.368mg	0.39mg	0%
Leucine	0.665mg	0.654mg	0%
Lysine	0.572mg	0.63mg	0%
Methionine	0.125mg	0.077mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.451mg	0.445mg	0%
Valine	0.436mg	0.448mg	0%
Histidine	0.232mg	0.254mg	0%