How much protein is in great northern beans?

One cup of great northern beans (173 g) has 13 g of protein (197 kcal); 100 g has 7.4 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g

PER 100 GProtein

7.4g

Calories114

Carbohydrate21g

Fiber4.9g

Sugars1.4g

Fat0.4g

Saturated0.1g

Sodium370 mg

6.5 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictGood protein source

6.5 g of protein per 100 kcal (26% of its calories): 5–10 g is good on our scale.

25 g of protein from great northern beans alone takes 338 g (about 2 cups) and 385 kcal.

#5 of 17 in Beans & canned for protein per 100 g, #8 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in great northern beans per portion
Portion	Protein	kcal	Carbs	Fat
100 g	7.4 g	114	21 g	0.4 g
1 oz (28 g)	2.1 g	32	6 g	0.1 g
1 cup (173 g)	13 g	197	36 g	0.7 g
1 tbsp (11 g)	0.8 g	12	2.3 g	0 g
1 can, drained (255 g)	19 g	291	54 g	1 g

One cup of great northern beans (173 g) is 11% of a 120 g daily target, what our protein calculator gives a 165 lb person building muscle.

Most of its calories come from carbohydrate: about 74%.

One cup of great northern beans (173 g) also has 8.5 g of fiber and 639 mg of sodium (28% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value).

How it compares

The 4 foods in the same aisle closest in calories per 100 g, ranked by protein per calorie. Per calorie, it has more protein than cannellini beans and pinto beans and less than cooked lentils and kidney beans.

great northern beans compared with similar foods, per 100 g
Food	Protein	kcal	Protein per 100 kcal
Cooked lentils	9 g	114	7.9 g
Kidney beans	8.1 g	121	6.7 g
Great northern beans	7.4 g	114	6.5 g
Cannellini beans	7.3 g	114	6.4 g
Pinto beans	7 g	117	6.0 g

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Recipes with great northern beans

1 recipe in the Feast Mode library uses great northern beans, macros computed the same way.

In the one library recipe that uses it, White Chicken Chili, a serving has 85 g of great northern beans, which brings 6.3 g of protein: 12% of the dish’s protein.

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White Chicken Chili

70 min · 479 kcal

Questions

How much protein is in a cup of great northern beans?

One cup of great northern beans (173 g) has 13 g of protein and 197 kcal, with 36 g of carbohydrate and 0.7 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of great northern beans?

100 g of great northern beans has 7.4 g of protein, 114 kcal, 21 g of carbohydrate and 0.4 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 175192).

Are great northern beans a good source of protein?

Good protein source: 6.5 g of protein per 100 kcal (26% of its calories): 5–10 g is good on our scale. Getting 25 g of protein from great northern beans alone takes 338 g (about 2 cups) and 385 kcal.

Which has more protein, great northern beans or cannellini beans?

Great northern beans, with 7.4 g of protein per 100 g against 7.3 g for cannellini beans. Per 100 kcal: great northern beans 6.5 g, cannellini beans 6.4 g.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 175192: “Beans, great northern, mature seeds, canned”, per 100 g. Portion numbers multiply those values by the portion weight. Estimates for information, not medical advice. How we calculate

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