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Lima beans vs. Glutinous rice — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between lima beans and glutinous rice?

  • Lima beans are richer than glutinous rice in iron, fiber, copper, folate, phosphorus, potassium, vitamin B1, manganese, vitamin B6, and magnesium.
  • Lima beans' daily need coverage for iron is 28% more.
  • Lima beans have 83 times more folate than glutinous rice. While lima beans have 83µg of folate, glutinous rice has only 1µg.
  • The glycemic index of lima beans is lower.

We used Lima beans, large, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Rice, white, glutinous, unenriched, cooked types 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 31% 5.1% 45% 90% 78% 26% 48% 0.26% 67% 25%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 3.6% 0.6% 0.88% 5.3% 16% 11% 3.4% 0.65% 34% 31%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +760%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +750%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +4980%
Contains more IronIron +1607.1%
Contains more CopperCopper +379.6%
Contains more ZincZinc +131.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +1287.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium -60%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +96.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +24.4%

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 0% 0% 3.6% 0% 40% 13% 7.9% 25% 37% 0% 5% 62% 18%
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 0% 0% 0.8% 0% 5% 3% 5.4% 13% 6% 0% 0% 0.75% 1.1%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +350%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +705%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +323.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +45.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +96.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +519.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +8200%
Contains more CholineCholine +1447.6%
~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Lima beans Glutinous rice DV% diff.
Iron 2.39mg 0.14mg 28%
Fiber 7g 1g 24%
Folate 83µg 1µg 21%
Copper 0.235mg 0.049mg 21%
Potassium 508mg 10mg 15%
Phosphorus 111mg 8mg 15%
Vitamin B1 0.161mg 0.02mg 12%
Protein 7.8g 2.02g 12%
Manganese 0.516mg 0.262mg 11%
Vitamin B6 0.161mg 0.026mg 10%
Magnesium 43mg 5mg 9%
Choline 32.5mg 2.1mg 6%
Zinc 0.95mg 0.41mg 5%
Vitamin B5 0.422mg 0.215mg 4%
Vitamin B2 0.055mg 0.013mg 3%
Calcium 17mg 2mg 2%
Selenium 4.5µg 5.6µg 2%
Vitamin K 2µg 0µg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.171g 0.069g 1%
Calories 115kcal 97kcal 1%
Vitamin B3 0.421mg 0.29mg 1%
Vitamin E 0.18mg 0.04mg 1%
Fats 0.38g 0.19g 0%
Carbs 20.88g 21.09g 0%
Net carbs 13.88g 20.09g N/A
Sugar 2.9g 0.05g N/A
Sodium 2mg 5mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.089g 0.039g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.034g 0.07g 0%
Tryptophan 0.092mg 0.023mg 0%
Threonine 0.337mg 0.072mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.411mg 0.087mg 0%
Leucine 0.673mg 0.167mg 0%
Lysine 0.523mg 0.073mg 0%
Methionine 0.099mg 0.047mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.449mg 0.108mg 0%
Valine 0.469mg 0.123mg 0%
Histidine 0.238mg 0.047mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
8% 21% 70%
Protein: 7.8 g
Fats: 0.38 g
Carbs: 20.88 g
Water: 69.79 g
Other: 1.15 g
2% 21% 77%
Protein: 2.02 g
Fats: 0.19 g
Carbs: 21.09 g
Water: 76.63 g
Other: 0.07 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +286.1%
Contains more FatsFats +100%
Contains more OtherOther +1542.9%
~equal in Carbs ~21.09g
~equal in Water ~76.63g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
30% 12% 58%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.089 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.034 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.171 g
22% 39% 39%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.039 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.07 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.069 g
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +147.8%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -56.2%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +105.9%

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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. Lima beans - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174253/nutrients
  2. Glutinous rice - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169711/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.