Lima beans vs. Mustard — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are lima beans and mustard different?

Lima beans are richer in folate, copper, fiber, potassium, iron, and vitamin B6, while mustard is higher in selenium.
Mustard covers your daily need for selenium, 53% more than lima beans.
Lima beans contain 12 times more folate than mustard. Lima beans contain 83µg of folate, while mustard contains 7µg.
Lima beans are lower in sodium.

Lima beans, large, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Mustard, prepared, yellow 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.

Lima beans

Mustard

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+234.2%
Contains more IronIron	+48.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+217.6%
Contains more ZincZinc	+48.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-99.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+22.3%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+11.6%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+270.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+644.4%

~equal in Phosphorus ~108mg

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.

Lima beans

Mustard

Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+66.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+130%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+42.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1085.7%
Contains more CholineCholine	+45.1%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+100%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+27.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+34.2%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.177mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	4.5µg	33.5µg	53%
Sodium	2mg	1104mg	48%
Folate	83µg	7µg	19%
Copper	0.235mg	0.074mg	18%
Fiber	7g	4g	12%
Potassium	508mg	152mg	10%
Iron	2.39mg	1.61mg	10%
Protein	7.8g	3.74g	8%
Vitamin B6	0.161mg	0.07mg	7%
Fats	0.38g	3.34g	5%
Monounsaturated fat	0.034g	2.182g	5%
Carbs	20.88g	5.83g	5%
Calcium	17mg	63mg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.171g	0.774g	4%
Manganese	0.516mg	0.422mg	4%
Vitamin B5	0.422mg	0.254mg	3%
Calories	115kcal	60kcal	3%
Zinc	0.95mg	0.64mg	3%
Choline	32.5mg	22.4mg	2%
Vitamin K	2µg	1.4µg	1%
Saturated fat	0.089g	0.214g	1%
Vitamin B3	0.421mg	0.565mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.055mg	0.07mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.161mg	0.177mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.18mg	0.36mg	1%
Vitamin A	0µg	5µg	1%
Magnesium	43mg	48mg	1%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.3mg	0%
Net carbs	13.88g	1.83g	N/A
Sugar	2.9g	0.92g	N/A
Starch		0.64g	0%
Phosphorus	111mg	108mg	0%
Trans fat	0g	0.009g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.092mg	0.009mg	0%
Threonine	0.337mg	0.167mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.411mg	0.146mg	0%
Leucine	0.673mg	0.292mg	0%
Lysine	0.523mg	0.264mg	0%
Methionine	0.099mg	0.076mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.449mg	0.161mg	0%
Valine	0.469mg	0.189mg	0%
Histidine	0.238mg	0.119mg	0%
Fructose		0.23g	0%
Omega-3 - ALA		0.373g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.018g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.01g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.358g	N/A