Black Beans vs Pinto Beans nutrition
Boiled pinto beans has more carbs, calories and sugar than Boiled black beans.
- Boiled black beans100 g
- Boiled pinto beans100 g
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Exact amounts and % Daily Value
| Nutrient | Boiled black beans | Boiled pinto beans | Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 132 kcal (7%) | 143 kcal (7%) | 2,000 kcal |
| Protein | 8.9 g (18%) | 9 g (18%) | 50 g |
| Fat | 0.54 g (<1%) | 0.65 g (<1%) | 78 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.14 g (<1%) | 0.14 g (<1%) | 20 g |
| Carbs | 23.7 g (9%) | 26.2 g (10%) | 275 g |
| Fiber | 8.7 g (31%) | 9 g (32%) | 28 g |
| Sugar | 0.32 g | 0.34 g | none set |
| Cholesterol | 0 mg (0%) | 0 mg (0%) | 300 mg |
| Salt (sodium) | 1 mg (<1%) | 1 mg (<1%) | 2,300 mg |
| Potassium | 355 mg (8%) | 436 mg (9%) | 4,700 mg |
| Calcium | 27 mg (2%) | 46 mg (4%) | 1,300 mg |
| Iron | 2.1 mg (12%) | 2.1 mg (12%) | 18 mg |
| Magnesium | 70 mg (17%) | 50 mg (12%) | 420 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg (0%) | 0 µg (0%) | 900 µg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg (0%) | 0.8 mg (<1%) | 90 mg |
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How the numbers are taken. Amounts are per 100 g of the edible part, from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, public domain), in the state named — raw, boiled, roasted and so on. Percentages use the FDA Daily Values for adults and children aged 4 and over, set around a 2,000-calorie diet; your own needs can be different. This site compares amounts — it does not give diet or medical advice. Sources and limits.
What is being compared
This page compares boiled black beans and boiled pinto beans as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Beans, black, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt” (FDC 173735) and “Beans, pinto, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt” (FDC 175200). All figures start from 100 grams of the edible part. A search for “black beans” is taken here as boiled black beans; dry black beans is in the comparer above. A search for “pinto beans” is taken here as boiled pinto beans.
Per 100 grams
Per 100 grams, boiled black beans has more magnesium (70 vs 50 mg). Boiled pinto beans has more calories (143 vs 132 kcal), fat (0.65 vs 0.54 g), carbohydrate (26.2 vs 23.7 g), fiber (9 vs 8.7 g), sugars (0.34 vs 0.32 g), potassium (436 vs 355 mg), calcium (46 vs 27 mg, 1.7 times as much) and vitamin C (0.8 vs 0 mg, against none). They are within 3% of each other for protein, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, iron and vitamin A.
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Per serving
A serving as USDA measures it is 1 cup of boiled black beans (172 g) and 1 cup of boiled pinto beans (171 g). The two servings weigh about the same, so the per-serving picture follows the per-100 g one closely. No nutrient changes leader when you switch from 100 g to servings. One serving is 227 kcal of boiled black beans against 245 kcal of boiled pinto beans.
For the same calories
To get 100 kcal you would eat 75.8 g of boiled black beans or 69.9 g of boiled pinto beans. At that equal energy, boiled black beans carries 6.7 g of protein and boiled pinto beans 6.3 g. Fiber per 100 kcal is 6.6 g against 6.3 g. Measured per 100 kcal instead of per 100 g, the larger amount moves for fiber (to boiled black beans).
Where the calories come from
Roughly, 26% of the energy in boiled black beans comes from protein, 4% from fat and 70% from carbohydrate; for boiled pinto beans it is 25%, 4% and 71%. These shares use the general 4, 9 and 4 kcal per gram and can differ slightly from USDA's own energy factors.
Against the Daily Value
1 cup of boiled black beans reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in fiber (53%), protein (30%) and magnesium (29%); 1 cup of boiled pinto beans reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in fiber (55%), protein (31%) and magnesium (20%). Daily Values are the FDA label reference amounts for adults and children aged 4 and over, set around a 2,000-calorie diet; they are a yardstick for reading labels, not a target for any one person.