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

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Summary of differences between great northern beans and yellow beans

Great northern beans has more copper, folate, and selenium; however, yellow beans are higher in fiber and magnesium.
Yellow beans cover your daily need for fiber, 14% more than great northern beans.
Great northern beans has 3 times more selenium than yellow beans. While great northern beans has 4.1µg of selenium, yellow beans have only 1.3µg.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Beans, great northern, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, yellow, 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

Yellow beans

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+20.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+32.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-60%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+13.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+215.4%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+48%
Contains more IronIron	+16.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+20.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+10.9%

~equal in Calcium ~62mg

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

Yellow beans

Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+16.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+25.9%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+38.5%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+18.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+74.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+10.3%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.708mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Fiber	7g	10.4g	14%
Copper	0.247mg	0.186mg	7%
Magnesium	50mg	74mg	6%
Choline		35.2mg	6%
Vitamin E		0.94mg	6%
Selenium	4.1µg	1.3µg	5%
Folate	102µg	81µg	5%
Iron	2.13mg	2.48mg	4%
Phosphorus	165mg	183mg	3%
Manganese	0.518mg	0.455mg	3%
Vitamin K		3.5µg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.059mg	0.103mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.158mg	0.187mg	2%
Protein	8.33g	9.16g	2%
Zinc	0.88mg	1.06mg	2%
Potassium	391mg	325mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.187g	0.466g	2%
Vitamin B5	0.266mg	0.229mg	1%
Saturated fat	0.14g	0.279g	1%
Vitamin B6	0.117mg	0.129mg	1%
Calories	118kcal	144kcal	1%
Calcium	68mg	62mg	1%
Carbs	21.09g	25.28g	1%
Vitamin C	1.3mg	1.8mg	1%
Fats	0.45g	1.08g	1%
Net carbs	14.09g	14.88g	N/A
Sugar		0.34g	N/A
Sodium	2mg	5mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.681mg	0.708mg	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.021g	0.094g	0%
Tryptophan	0.099mg	0.108mg	0%
Threonine	0.351mg	0.386mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.368mg	0.405mg	0%
Leucine	0.665mg	0.732mg	0%
Lysine	0.572mg	0.629mg	0%
Methionine	0.125mg	0.138mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.451mg	0.496mg	0%
Valine	0.436mg	0.479mg	0%
Histidine	0.232mg	0.255mg	0%