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

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How are great northern beans and pinto beans different?

  • Pinto beans is higher than great northern beans in folate, vitamin B6, and fiber.
  • Pinto beans covers your daily need for folate, 18% more than great northern beans.

Beans, great northern, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, pinto, 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 36% 20% 35% 80% 82% 24% 71% 0.26% 68% 22%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 36% 14% 38% 78% 73% 27% 63% 0.13% 59% 34%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +47.8%
Contains more CopperCopper +12.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +12.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +14.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +11.5%
Contains more ZincZinc +11.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium -50%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +51.2%
~equal in Magnesium ~50mg
~equal in Iron ~2.09mg

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.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 4.3% 0% 0% 0% 40% 14% 13% 16% 27% 0% 0% 77% 0%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 2.7% 0% 19% 0% 48% 14% 6% 13% 53% 0% 8.8% 129% 19%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +62.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +114.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +26.7%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +22.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +95.7%
Contains more FolateFolate +68.6%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.062mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Great northern beans Pinto beans DV% diff.
Folate 102µg 172µg 18%
Vitamin B6 0.117mg 0.229mg 9%
Fiber 7g 9g 8%
Choline 35.3mg 6%
Starch 15.15g 6%
Vitamin E 0.94mg 6%
Selenium 4.1µg 6.2µg 4%
Vitamin B1 0.158mg 0.193mg 3%
Phosphorus 165mg 147mg 3%
Copper 0.247mg 0.219mg 3%
Manganese 0.518mg 0.453mg 3%
Vitamin K 3.5µg 3%
Vitamin B3 0.681mg 0.318mg 2%
Calcium 68mg 46mg 2%
Carbs 21.09g 26.22g 2%
Protein 8.33g 9.01g 1%
Vitamin B5 0.266mg 0.21mg 1%
Calories 118kcal 143kcal 1%
Zinc 0.88mg 0.98mg 1%
Iron 2.13mg 2.09mg 1%
Potassium 391mg 436mg 1%
Vitamin C 1.3mg 0.8mg 1%
Fats 0.45g 0.65g 0%
Net carbs 14.09g 17.22g N/A
Magnesium 50mg 50mg 0%
Sugar 0.34g N/A
Sodium 2mg 1mg 0%
Vitamin B2 0.059mg 0.062mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.14g 0.136g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.021g 0.133g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.187g 0.235g 0%
Tryptophan 0.099mg 0.108mg 0%
Threonine 0.351mg 0.331mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.368mg 0.426mg 0%
Leucine 0.665mg 0.765mg 0%
Lysine 0.572mg 0.63mg 0%
Methionine 0.125mg 0.117mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.451mg 0.531mg 0%
Valine 0.436mg 0.519mg 0%
Histidine 0.232mg 0.247mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
8% 21% 69%
Protein: 8.33 g
Fats: 0.45 g
Carbs: 21.09 g
Water: 69 g
Other: 1.13 g
9% 26% 63%
Protein: 9.01 g
Fats: 0.65 g
Carbs: 26.22 g
Water: 62.95 g
Other: 1.17 g
Contains more FatsFats +44.4%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +24.3%
~equal in Protein ~9.01g
~equal in Water ~62.95g
~equal in Other ~1.17g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
40% 6% 54%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.14 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.021 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.187 g
27% 26% 47%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.136 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.133 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.235 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +533.3%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +25.7%
~equal in Saturated fat ~0.136g

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Great northern beans - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/175191/nutrients
  2. Pinto beans - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/175200/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.