Pigeon pea vs. Cranberry beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between pigeon pea and cranberry beans

Pigeon pea has more manganese; however, cranberry beans is richer in folate, iron, fiber, and vitamin B1.
Cranberry beans's daily need coverage for folate is 24% more.
Cranberry beans has a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of cranberry beans is 35, while the glycemic index of pigeon pea is 22.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Pigeon peas (red gram), mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, cranberry (roman), 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.

Pigeon pea

Cranberry beans

Contains more CopperCopper	+16.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+35.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+123.1%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+16.3%
Contains more IronIron	+88.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+26.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+13.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-80%

~equal in Magnesium ~50mg

~equal in Potassium ~387mg

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.

Pigeon pea

Cranberry beans

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+51.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+32.9%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+43.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+16.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+62%
Contains more FolateFolate	+86.5%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Folate	111µg	207µg	24%
Iron	1.11mg	2.09mg	12%
Fiber	6.7g	8.6g	8%
Manganese	0.501mg	0.37mg	6%
Protein	6.76g	9.34g	5%
Vitamin B1	0.146mg	0.21mg	5%
Copper	0.269mg	0.231mg	4%
Selenium	2.9µg	1.3µg	3%
Vitamin B6	0.05mg	0.081mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.319mg	0.24mg	2%
Vitamin B3	0.781mg	0.515mg	2%
Zinc	0.9mg	1.14mg	2%
Phosphorus	119mg	135mg	2%
Calories	121kcal	136kcal	1%
Vitamin B2	0.059mg	0.069mg	1%
Calcium	43mg	50mg	1%
Magnesium	46mg	50mg	1%
Fats	0.38g	0.46g	0%
Carbs	23.25g	24.46g	0%
Net carbs	16.55g	15.86g	N/A
Potassium	384mg	387mg	0%
Sodium	5mg	1mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.083g	0.119g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.003g	0.04g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.205g	0.199g	0%
Tryptophan	0.066mg	0.111mg	0%
Threonine	0.239mg	0.393mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.245mg	0.412mg	0%
Leucine	0.483mg	0.746mg	0%
Lysine	0.474mg	0.641mg	0%
Methionine	0.076mg	0.14mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.579mg	0.505mg	0%
Valine	0.292mg	0.489mg	0%
Histidine	0.241mg	0.26mg	0%