Lima beans vs. Prunes — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between lima beans and prunes

Lima beans have more folate, iron, manganese, vitamin B1, and selenium, while prunes have more vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, and potassium.
Prunes cover your daily need for vitamin K, 48% more than lima beans.
Lima beans contain 21 times more folate than prunes. While lima beans contain 83µg of folate, prunes contain only 4µg.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Lima beans, large, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Plums, dried (prunes), uncooked.

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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

Prunes

Contains more IronIron	+157%
Contains more ZincZinc	+115.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+60.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+72.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+1400%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+152.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+44.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+19.6%

~equal in Magnesium ~41mg

~equal in Sodium ~2mg

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

Prunes

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+215.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1975%
Contains more CholineCholine	+221.8%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+138.9%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+238.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+347%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+27.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+2875%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.422mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin K	2µg	59.5µg	48%
Folate	83µg	4µg	20%
Iron	2.39mg	0.93mg	18%
Fructose		12.45g	16%
Carbs	20.88g	63.88g	14%
Protein	7.8g	2.18g	11%
Vitamin B2	0.055mg	0.186mg	10%
Vitamin B3	0.421mg	1.882mg	9%
Manganese	0.516mg	0.299mg	9%
Vitamin B1	0.161mg	0.051mg	9%
Selenium	4.5µg	0.3µg	8%
Potassium	508mg	732mg	7%
Calories	115kcal	240kcal	6%
Phosphorus	111mg	69mg	6%
Copper	0.235mg	0.281mg	5%
Zinc	0.95mg	0.44mg	5%
Vitamin A	0µg	39µg	4%
Choline	32.5mg	10.1mg	4%
Vitamin B6	0.161mg	0.205mg	3%
Calcium	17mg	43mg	3%
Starch		5.11g	2%
Vitamin E	0.18mg	0.43mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.171g	0.062g	1%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.6mg	1%
Fats	0.38g	0.38g	0%
Net carbs	13.88g	56.78g	N/A
Magnesium	43mg	41mg	0%
Sugar	2.9g	38.13g	N/A
Fiber	7g	7.1g	0%
Sodium	2mg	2mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.422mg	0.422mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.089g	0.088g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.034g	0.053g	0%
Tryptophan	0.092mg	0.025mg	0%
Threonine	0.337mg	0.049mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.411mg	0.041mg	0%
Leucine	0.673mg	0.066mg	0%
Lysine	0.523mg	0.05mg	0%
Methionine	0.099mg	0.016mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.449mg	0.052mg	0%
Valine	0.469mg	0.056mg	0%
Histidine	0.238mg	0.027mg	0%