Yardlong beans vs. Taro — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are yardlong beans and taro different?

Yardlong beans is richer in vitamin C, vitamin A, folate, vitamin B2, and iron, while taro is higher in vitamin B6, copper, potassium, manganese, and vitamin B5.
Taro covers your daily need for vitamin B6, 20% more than yardlong beans.
Yardlong beans contains 6 times more vitamin A than taro. Yardlong beans contains 450IU of vitamin A, while taro contains 76IU.
Yardlong beans has a higher glycemic index (86) than taro (54).

Yardlong bean, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt and Taro, raw 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.

Yardlong beans

Taro

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+27.3%
Contains more IronIron	+78.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+56.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-63.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+114.3%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+103.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+266%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+47.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+90.5%

~equal in Calcium ~43mg

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.

Yardlong beans

Taro

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+260%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+475%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+296%
Contains more FolateFolate	+104.5%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+11.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+494.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+1079.2%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.6mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B6	0.024mg	0.283mg	20%
Fiber		4.1g	16%
Vitamin E		2.38mg	16%
Copper	0.047mg	0.172mg	14%
Vitamin C	16.2mg	4.5mg	13%
Potassium	290mg	591mg	9%
Manganese	0.201mg	0.383mg	8%
Folate	45µg	22µg	6%
Carbs	9.18g	26.46g	6%
Vitamin B2	0.099mg	0.025mg	6%
Vitamin B5	0.051mg	0.303mg	5%
Iron	0.98mg	0.55mg	5%
Phosphorus	57mg	84mg	4%
Choline		17.3mg	3%
Calories	47kcal	112kcal	3%
Protein	2.53g	1.5g	2%
Magnesium	42mg	33mg	2%
Vitamin A	23µg	4µg	2%
Vitamin K		1µg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.085mg	0.095mg	1%
Selenium	1.5µg	0.7µg	1%
Zinc	0.36mg	0.23mg	1%
Fats	0.1g	0.2g	0%
Net carbs	9.18g	22.36g	N/A
Calcium	44mg	43mg	0%
Sugar		0.4g	N/A
Sodium	4mg	11mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.63mg	0.6mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.026g	0.041g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.009g	0.016g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.042g	0.083g	0%
Tryptophan	0.029mg	0.023mg	0%
Threonine	0.094mg	0.069mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.135mg	0.054mg	0%
Leucine	0.18mg	0.111mg	0%
Lysine	0.166mg	0.067mg	0%
Methionine	0.036mg	0.02mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.139mg	0.082mg	0%
Valine	0.146mg	0.082mg	0%
Histidine	0.082mg	0.034mg	0%