BEAN QUESTION. Bush's Best?!

HealthyHappyVegan
HealthyHappyVegan Posts: 58
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So I eat beans. A lot of beans. Like, I seriously probably go through a can of beans once a day. My question is primarily concerning Bush’s Best Pinto Beans.

I’m confused as to why, for the same serving size (approx. 127-130g) BB says 80 calories per serving, but every other brand I’ve ever seen, says 120ish. I recently switched to eating the higher calorie ones just in case but I’m curious as to why such a big discrepency?

Also, BB is the only brand of pinto beans I’ve eaten that explode in the microwave. Not all of them, but many and I hav to put a plate on top of the bowl to keep them from making the microwave a mess. Other brands don’t do this at all.

Anyone have any insight?

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  • HealthyHappyVegan
    HealthyHappyVegan Posts: 58
    Bump!
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    As for the calories, I use Whole Foods 365 brand no salt added pintos and the ingredients are only beans and water and they are 110 for the same serving size. I would say maybe it is drained vs. undrained but the liquid is water. Very odd.

    Are there preservatives in the beans? I wonder if different food additives are more likely to explode.

    Two very strange issues, sorry I have no answers!
  • VeganJP
    VeganJP Posts: 32 Member
    Hmmm... I'm wondering if some of the others add sugar, while Bush's indicates "0" on their nutrition label. I generally buy "the store brand" and will pay closer attention the next time I go shopping.
  • VeganJP
    VeganJP Posts: 32 Member
    OK...you made me too curious to contain myself. I couldn't resist Google :smile: I looked up Bush's and Eden Pinto Beans and noticed that Eden lists Total Fat at 1g while Bush's indicates 0. Also Eden indicates <1g of sugar while Bush's indicates 0.

    Very small sample, I know, but hopefully helpful!
  • HealthyHappyVegan
    HealthyHappyVegan Posts: 58
    Thanks guys! I really don't know what to think. I mean I've noticed discrepancies between things like sugars, and random other nutrition values but never anything substantial.

    The beans are also a lot bigger in the Bush's Best in comparison to the one I now eat which is Essential Everyday's brand. I stick to EE because it's better safe than sorry when it comes to calories but it's like... a bean is a bean, right?

    Haha I'd assume that if I drained the beans and rinsed them and everything, 127g of one should be the same as the other.

    Any other thoughts, MFP?
  • akshayam29
    akshayam29 Posts: 44
    i use bush pinto beans tooo...even i wonder why there are no fat calories...but i still use it bcoz its the only brand i see here in my store with reduced sodium....
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