Black beans vs Red lentils: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Black beans has 341 kcal and Red lentils has 358 kcal, so Black beans has 5% fewer calories.

Black beans has more fiber (15.5 g vs 10.8 g).

Black beans - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Black beans - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Black Beans
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standard serving size (86g)cup (172g)half cup (86g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Red Lentils
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handful (38g)tablespoon (12g)teaspoon (4g)cup (190g)half cup (95g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Black Beans vs Red Lentils 100g Compare


per 100g Black beans Red lentils
Calories 341 358
Carbohydrates 62.36 g 63.1 g
Fat 1.42 g 2.17 g
Dietary fiber 15.5 g 10.8 g
Protein 21.6 g 23.91 g
Water 11.02 g 7.82 g
Calcium 123 mg 48 mg
Iron 5.02 mg 7.39 mg
Magnessium 171 mg 59 mg
Potassium 1483 mg 668 mg
Sodium 5 mg 7 mg
Vitaminium A 17 IU 58 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.9 mg 0.51 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.193 mg 0.106 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 1.955 mg 1.495 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.286 mg 0.403 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 0.444 µg 0.204 µg

Less Calories in Black beans

At first glance, you can see that in black beans is just a little less calories than in red lentils.

Black beans has 341 kcal per 100g and red lentils 358 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 5%.

In black beans and in red lentil most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare black beans with red lentils in details.

Black beans 100g

341kcal

Calories source

  • 72% CARBS.
  • 25% PROTEIN
  • 4% FAT

Red lentils 100g

358kcal

Calories source

  • 69% CARBS
  • 26% PROTEIN
  • 5% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.