Do fava beans really have virtually no protein?

luis1936
luis1936 Posts: 6 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I never really paid attention, but the other day I happen to look at the nutritional value and it said .5mg of protein per serving!
I was shocked. Beans are usually a good sorce of protein. I then tried looking it up and some sites mention how its such a good source of lean protein, while others concur with the virtually no protein.

anyone know why such a descrepensy and which is right?

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  • bluuu123
    bluuu123 Posts: 83
    uhm a quick google search shows

    https://www.google.ca/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=fava beans

    100 grams raw fava beans
    8 grams protein
  • luis1936
    luis1936 Posts: 6 Member
    right, but i've looked at a couple of bags of frozen fava beans which says 1g/serving (wish I could post a pic). and thats my question is. what is correct.
  • Maitria
    Maitria Posts: 439 Member
    http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4322/2

    I would go with this. What brand are you looking at?
  • Anniebotnen
    Anniebotnen Posts: 332 Member
    Per the USDA, 100 grams of fava beans (seeds only, no pods)has 26 grams of protein.

    ETA this number is for the raw beans.
  • Maitria
    Maitria Posts: 439 Member
    Are the fava beans you bought shelled? The shells aren't digestible, which would impact the protein count.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    I like using the USDA nutritional database to double check nutrtitional info - link below. According to this, there's 0.05g protein per 1 gram serving. Seems like 1g would be a very small serving though as a cup of fava beans would be approximately 256g (and would contain 14g protein).

    http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list
  • luis1936
    luis1936 Posts: 6 Member
    goya frozen fava beans
  • luis1936
    luis1936 Posts: 6 Member
    Apparently there are different varieties of fava beans. These are from Chile (I know, no l that's not a variety, but that wad the response). There is really no way to tell what variety it is. The only thing you can do you look ay nutritional value. Which is a pretty large difference.

    I know most people don't care about all that, but a lesson that even though you think you are using your normal ingredients, yielding the same nutrition,, that may not b the case. , if you are like most people on this site, and the nutritional values are tracked, this emphasizes the important of always reading the label.!!!
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,034 Member
    This is why you need to pair them with some liver and a nice Chianti. Protein plus!
  • luis1936
    luis1936 Posts: 6 Member
    That's the way I always have them:smile:

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