Great northern beans vs. Pigeon pea — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

Compare

What are the differences between great northern beans and pigeon pea?

Great northern beans is richer than pigeon pea in iron, phosphorus, and vitamin B6.
Great northern beans's daily need coverage for iron is 13% more.
Great northern beans has 2 times more vitamin B6 than pigeon pea. While great northern beans has 0.117mg of vitamin B6, pigeon pea has only 0.05mg.

We used Beans, great northern, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Pigeon peas (red gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt types in this article.

Infographic

Infographic link

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

Pigeon pea

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+58.1%
Contains more IronIron	+91.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+38.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-60%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+41.4%

~equal in Magnesium ~46mg

~equal in Potassium ~384mg

~equal in Copper ~0.269mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.9mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.501mg

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

Pigeon pea

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+134%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+14.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+19.9%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.146mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.059mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~111µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Iron	2.13mg	1.11mg	13%
Phosphorus	165mg	119mg	7%
Vitamin B6	0.117mg	0.05mg	5%
Calcium	68mg	43mg	3%
Protein	8.33g	6.76g	3%
Selenium	4.1µg	2.9µg	2%
Folate	102µg	111µg	2%
Copper	0.247mg	0.269mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.158mg	0.146mg	1%
Vitamin C	1.3mg	0mg	1%
Carbs	21.09g	23.25g	1%
Magnesium	50mg	46mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.266mg	0.319mg	1%
Fiber	7g	6.7g	1%
Vitamin B3	0.681mg	0.781mg	1%
Manganese	0.518mg	0.501mg	1%
Calories	118kcal	121kcal	0%
Fats	0.45g	0.38g	0%
Net carbs	14.09g	16.55g	N/A
Potassium	391mg	384mg	0%
Zinc	0.88mg	0.9mg	0%
Sodium	2mg	5mg	0%
Vitamin B2	0.059mg	0.059mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.14g	0.083g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.021g	0.003g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.187g	0.205g	0%
Tryptophan	0.099mg	0.066mg	0%
Threonine	0.351mg	0.239mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.368mg	0.245mg	0%
Leucine	0.665mg	0.483mg	0%
Lysine	0.572mg	0.474mg	0%
Methionine	0.125mg	0.076mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.451mg	0.579mg	0%
Valine	0.436mg	0.292mg	0%
Histidine	0.232mg	0.241mg	0%