Yellow beans vs. Great northern beans — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between yellow beans and great northern beans

Yellow beans have more fiber and magnesium; however, great northern beans is higher in copper, folate, and selenium.
Yellow beans cover your daily need for fiber, 14% more than great northern beans.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Beans, yellow, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Beans, great northern, 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.

Yellow beans

Great northern beans

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+48%
Contains more IronIron	+16.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+20.5%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+20.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+32.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-60%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+13.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+215.4%

~equal in Calcium ~68mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~165mg

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.

Yellow beans

Great northern beans

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+38.5%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+18.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+74.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+16.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+25.9%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.681mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.117mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Fiber	10.4g	7g	14%
Copper	0.186mg	0.247mg	7%
Magnesium	74mg	50mg	6%
Choline	35.2mg		6%
Vitamin E	0.94mg		6%
Selenium	1.3µg	4.1µg	5%
Folate	81µg	102µg	5%
Iron	2.48mg	2.13mg	4%
Phosphorus	183mg	165mg	3%
Manganese	0.455mg	0.518mg	3%
Vitamin K	3.5µg		3%
Vitamin B2	0.103mg	0.059mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.187mg	0.158mg	2%
Protein	9.16g	8.33g	2%
Zinc	1.06mg	0.88mg	2%
Potassium	325mg	391mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.466g	0.187g	2%
Vitamin B5	0.229mg	0.266mg	1%
Saturated fat	0.279g	0.14g	1%
Vitamin B6	0.129mg	0.117mg	1%
Calories	144kcal	118kcal	1%
Calcium	62mg	68mg	1%
Carbs	25.28g	21.09g	1%
Vitamin C	1.8mg	1.3mg	1%
Fats	1.08g	0.45g	1%
Net carbs	14.88g	14.09g	N/A
Sugar	0.34g		N/A
Sodium	5mg	2mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.708mg	0.681mg	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.094g	0.021g	0%
Tryptophan	0.108mg	0.099mg	0%
Threonine	0.386mg	0.351mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.405mg	0.368mg	0%
Leucine	0.732mg	0.665mg	0%
Lysine	0.629mg	0.572mg	0%
Methionine	0.138mg	0.125mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.496mg	0.451mg	0%
Valine	0.479mg	0.436mg	0%
Histidine	0.255mg	0.232mg	0%