Black beans vs pinto beans
In short
One serving each: 227 calories in black beans (1 cup, 172 g), 245 calories in pinto beans (1 cup, 171 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in black beans: magnesium and thiamin. More in pinto beans: vitamin B6 (3.3×), selenium (5.1×) and folate. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup (172 g) · 15.2 g protein · 40.8 g carbs (0.55 g sugars) · 0.93 g fat
1 cup (171 g) · 15.4 g protein · 44.8 g carbs (0.58 g sugars) · 1.1 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Vitamin B60.12 mg · 0.39 mg7%23%
- Selenium2.1 µg · 10.6 µg4%19%
- Folate256 µg · 294 µg64%74%
- Magnesium120 mg · 85.5 mg29%20%
- Thiamin (B1)0.42 mg · 0.33 mg35%28%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Protein15.2 g · 15.4 g30%·31%
- Total fat0.93 g · 1.1 g1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.24 g · 0.23 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates40.8 g · 44.8 g15%·16%
- Fiber15 g · 15.4 g53%·55%
- Sodiumlimit1.7 mg · 1.7 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium611 mg · 746 mg13%·16%
- Calcium46.4 mg · 78.7 mg4%·6%
- Iron3.6 mg · 3.6 mg20%·20%
- Phosphorus241 mg · 251 mg19%·20%
- Zinc1.9 mg · 1.7 mg18%·15%
- Copper0.36 mg · 0.37 mg40%·42%
- Manganese0.76 mg · 0.77 mg33%·34%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 1.4 mg0%·2%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E1.5 mg · 1.6 mg10%·11%
- Vitamin K5.7 µg · 6 µg5%·5%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.1 mg · 0.11 mg8%·8%
- Niacin (B3)0.87 mg · 0.54 mg5%·3%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.42 mg · 0.36 mg8%·7%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline56.1 mg · 60.4 mg10%·11%
From USDA FoodData Central: Black beans, boiled, unsalted (SR Legacy 173735), Boiled pinto beans, no salt (SR Legacy 175200). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.