Vegetable vs. Baked beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are vegetable and baked beans different?

Vegetable is higher in vitamin A and vitamin B2; however, baked beans are richer in iron, selenium, copper, phosphorus, folate, and potassium.
Daily need coverage for vitamin A for vegetable is 86% higher.
Vegetable contains 2 times more vitamin B2 than baked beans. While vegetable contains 0.12mg of vitamin B2, baked beans contain only 0.049mg.
Vegetable has less sodium.
Baked beans have a lower glycemic index (40) than vegetable (66).

Vegetables, mixed, frozen, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and Beans, baked, home prepared are the varieties 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.

Vegetable

Baked beans

Contains less SodiumSodium	-91.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+48.6%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+95.5%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+144%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+111.8%
Contains more IronIron	+142.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+91.6%
Contains more ZincZinc	+49%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+113.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+1800%

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.

Vegetable

Baked beans

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+190.9%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+144.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+108.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+91.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+21.6%
Contains more FolateFolate	+152.6%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.155mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin A	214µg	0µg	24%
Vitamin K	23.5µg		20%
Sodium	35mg	422mg	17%
Iron	0.82mg	1.99mg	15%
Selenium	0.3µg	5.7µg	10%
Saturated fat	0.031g	1.948g	9%
Fats	0.15g	5.15g	8%
Copper	0.083mg	0.159mg	8%
Phosphorus	51mg	109mg	8%
Folate	19µg	48µg	7%
Potassium	169mg	358mg	6%
Monounsaturated fat	0.01g	2.133g	5%
Vitamin B2	0.12mg	0.049mg	5%
Vitamin B1	0.071mg	0.136mg	5%
Protein	2.86g	5.54g	5%
Manganese	0.379mg	0.255mg	5%
Calories	65kcal	155kcal	5%
Magnesium	22mg	43mg	5%
Fiber	4.4g	5.5g	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.072g	0.74g	4%
Calcium	25mg	61mg	4%
Choline	24.1mg		4%
Vitamin E	0.38mg		3%
Vitamin B3	0.851mg	0.408mg	3%
Carbs	13.09g	21.63g	3%
Zinc	0.49mg	0.73mg	2%
Vitamin C	3.2mg	1.1mg	2%
Cholesterol	0mg	5mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.074mg	0.09mg	1%
Net carbs	8.69g	16.13g	N/A
Sugar	3.12g		N/A
Vitamin B5	0.151mg	0.155mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.029mg	0.067mg	0%
Threonine	0.115mg	0.228mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.139mg	0.242mg	0%
Leucine	0.19mg	0.428mg	0%
Lysine	0.17mg	0.379mg	0%
Methionine	0.034mg	0.086mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.12mg	0.287mg	0%
Valine	0.149mg	0.282mg	0%
Histidine	0.073mg	0.153mg	0%