Lima beans vs. Tofu — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are lima beans and tofu different?

Lima beans are richer in fiber, folate, potassium, and vitamin B5, while tofu is higher in calcium, manganese, selenium, copper, and phosphorus.
Tofu covers your daily need for calcium, 67% more than lima beans.
Lima beans contain 3 times more vitamin B5 than tofu. Lima beans contain 0.422mg of vitamin B5, while tofu contains 0.133mg.
Lima beans are lower in saturated fat.
Lima beans have a higher glycemic index (32) than tofu (15).

Lima beans, large, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Tofu, raw, firm, prepared with calcium sulfate 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

Tofu

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+114.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-85.7%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+34.9%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+3917.6%
Contains more IronIron	+11.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+60.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+65.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+71.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+128.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+286.7%

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

Tofu

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+217.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+75%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+186.2%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+85.5%

~equal in Vitamin A ~µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.158mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.381mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Calcium	17mg	683mg	67%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.171g	4.921g	32%
Manganese	0.516mg	1.181mg	29%
Selenium	4.5µg	17.4µg	23%
Fiber	7g	2.3g	19%
Protein	7.8g	17.27g	19%
Copper	0.235mg	0.378mg	16%
Folate	83µg	29µg	14%
Fats	0.38g	8.72g	13%
Phosphorus	111mg	190mg	11%
Potassium	508mg	237mg	8%
Choline	32.5mg		6%
Carbs	20.88g	2.78g	6%
Vitamin B5	0.422mg	0.133mg	6%
Zinc	0.95mg	1.57mg	6%
Vitamin B6	0.161mg	0.092mg	5%
Saturated fat	0.089g	1.261g	5%
Monounsaturated fat	0.034g	1.925g	5%
Vitamin B2	0.055mg	0.102mg	4%
Magnesium	43mg	58mg	4%
Iron	2.39mg	2.66mg	3%
Vitamin K	2µg		2%
Vitamin E	0.18mg		1%
Sodium	2mg	14mg	1%
Calories	115kcal	144kcal	1%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.2mg	0%
Net carbs	13.88g	0.48g	N/A
Sugar	2.9g		N/A
Vitamin B1	0.161mg	0.158mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.421mg	0.381mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.092mg	0.235mg	0%
Threonine	0.337mg	0.785mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.411mg	0.849mg	0%
Leucine	0.673mg	1.392mg	0%
Lysine	0.523mg	0.883mg	0%
Methionine	0.099mg	0.211mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.449mg	0.835mg	0%
Valine	0.469mg	0.87mg	0%
Histidine	0.238mg	0.431mg	0%