How much protein is in pinto beans?

One cup of pinto beans (169 g) has 12 g of protein (198 kcal); 100 g has 7 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g

PER 100 GProtein

Calories117

Carbohydrate20.8g

Fiber0g

Sugars0g

Fat1g

Saturated0g

Sodium212 mg

6.0 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictGood protein source

6.0 g of protein per 100 kcal (24% of its calories): 5–10 g is good on our scale.

25 g of protein from pinto beans alone takes 357 g (about 2⅛ cups) and 418 kcal.

#7 of 17 in Beans & canned for protein per 100 g, #10 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in pinto beans per portion
Portion	Protein	kcal	Carbs	Fat
100 g	7 g	117	20.8 g	1 g
1 oz (28 g)	2 g	33	5.9 g	0.3 g
1 cup (169 g)	12 g	198	35 g	1.7 g
1 tbsp (11 g)	0.7 g	12	2.2 g	0.1 g
1 can, drained (258 g)	18 g	302	54 g	2.6 g

One cup of pinto beans (169 g) is 10% 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 71%.

How it compares

The 4 foods in the same aisle closest in calories per 100 g, ranked by protein per calorie. Per calorie, all 4 have more protein.

pinto 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 pinto beans

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

In the one library recipe that uses it, Turkey Chili, a serving has 43 g of pinto beans, which brings 3 g of protein: 6% of the dish’s protein.

46G
PROTEIN

Turkey Chili

75 min · 505 kcal

Questions

How much protein is in a cup of pinto beans?

One cup of pinto beans (169 g) has 12 g of protein and 198 kcal, with 35 g of carbohydrate and 1.7 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of pinto beans?

100 g of pinto beans has 7 g of protein, 117 kcal, 20.8 g of carbohydrate and 1 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 173797).

Are pinto beans a good source of protein?

Good protein source: 6.0 g of protein per 100 kcal (24% of its calories): 5–10 g is good on our scale. Getting 25 g of protein from pinto beans alone takes 357 g (about 2⅛ cups) and 418 kcal.

Which has more protein, pinto beans or cannellini beans?

Cannellini beans, with 7.3 g of protein per 100 g against 7 g for pinto beans. Per 100 kcal: pinto beans 6.0 g, cannellini beans 6.4 g.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 173797: “Beans, pinto, mature seeds, canned, drained solids, rinsed in tap water”, 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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