Canned red kidney beans unrealistic nutrition label?

CptJinxx

So this is the nutrition facts label for a can of red kidney beans I just bought. It's 400 g, drained weight 240 g.
Ingredients are just red kidney beans, water and salt.

http://i.imgur.com/vQw8UJK.jpg ; they were apparently packed in Italy.

Just 53 calories per 100 gram? with only 5.3 carbs? 5.8 fiber?

I've looked up cooked/raw kidney beans on different websites and they are no match.

So is this legit?

yarwell

10 grams of carbs & protein give you 40 cals, so the 53 looks fair from that. May refer to contents including water.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259061829 for comparison

SuperSexyDork

I looked it up on Nutritiondata.com.

This is the information I got for canned kidney beans: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4303/2

CptJinxx

10 grams of carbs & protein give you 40 cals, so the 53 looks fair from that. May refer to contents including water.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259061829 for comparison

Right there!
Look how that Tesco beans have like the double amount of calories and much more carbs? That's what I'm talking about.
How come mine are so different?

I know that 10 of carbs and protein calculate to about 53, but that's not the problem. The actual problem is how come they have such a profile!

Railr0aderTony

CptJinxx

I looked it up on Nutritiondata.com.

This is the information I got for canned kidney beans: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4303/2

And there, also much more carbs per 100 g. So what do you guys think? Should I stop buying this brand?

SuperSexyDork

10 grams of carbs & protein give you 40 cals, so the 53 looks fair from that. May refer to contents including water.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259061829 for comparison

Right there!
Look how that Tesco beans have like the double amount of calories and much more carbs? That's what I'm talking about.
How come mine are so different?

I know that 10 of carbs and protein calculate to about 53, but that's not the problem. The actual problem is how come they have such a profile!

They're probably referring to an undrained portion so the water is still in it. Water = 0 calories but does add weight.

CptJinxx

Thanks, now I know how to include an image, I'm a newbie. : )

CptJinxx

10 grams of carbs & protein give you 40 cals, so the 53 looks fair from that. May refer to contents including water.

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=259061829 for comparison

Right there!
Look how that Tesco beans have like the double amount of calories and much more carbs? That's what I'm talking about.
How come mine are so different?

I know that 10 of carbs and protein calculate to about 53, but that's not the problem. The actual problem is how come they have such a profile!

They're probably referring to an undrained portion so the water is still in it. Water = 0 calories but does add weight.

Most likely, since it says 300 mg of Sodium as well.
Edit : So those carbs * 4 = carbs for drained weight, right?
Dividing that by 100 grams;
That would make them about 9 g carbs and 7 g protein per 100 grams.
Still, Canned beans usually have +15 g carbs per 100 grams.

yarwell

the Tesco can is 400g, yielding 240 gram drained. There are 42.8 grams of carbs in total (double the "drained" amount) which expressed per 100g of can contents (not drained) is 10.7 grams carbs per 100 g so like you say a lot more than your label.

You do have to watch out for labelling differences, in the US "carbohydrates" includes "fiber" but that isn't the case in the EU (hence the Tesco label and your Italian label have fibre separate).

Who knows.