USDA Survey Foods180 exact records

Beans, nuts & protein foods: find the record that best matches the food.

Beans, peas, legumes, nuts, seeds, soy foods, meat alternatives, and nutrition powders. This page shows the shape of the collection before asking you to choose a number: what sits near the middle, how wide the central range is, and which words distinguish one source record from another.

The shortest route to a defensible estimate

Choose in this order: identity, amount, then context.

01
Identity
Match the exact food description—especially preparation, additions, and whether the record is a single food or mixed dish.
02
Amount
Use a household measure tied to that record or enter grams. A familiar serving word without a weight can hide a large difference.
03
Context
Add the brand, recipe, sauce, cooking fat, toppings, or edible portion that the generic source record cannot know.

What the collection actually contains

Central nutrient ranges on one denominator

Each row uses values per 100 grams. The median is the collection midpoint; the central range runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile. That interval describes variation among source records—not uncertainty around a single meal and not a recommended intake range.

Median and central per-100-gram nutrient ranges for records in this category
Nutrient	Median	Central 80%	Records reporting
Energyper 100 g	250 kcal	131–620 kcal	180 of 180
Proteinper 100 g	10.5 g	5.8–24.9 g	180 of 180
Fiberper 100 g	6.4 g	2.9–10.1 g	180 of 180
Sodiumper 100 g	275 mg	7–478 mg	180 of 180

Zeros are retained when reported; missing values are not silently converted to zero. Rounded values are for orientation. Open an exact profile for Feast’s 21-nutrient panel and source citation.

Three coordinates, not winners

Records that make the range easier to understand

These examples sit near the collection’s energy midpoint or upper central protein and fiber boundaries. A high value for one nutrient is not a complete judgment of the food, and the records are not ranked as “best.”

Near the collection midpoint

Breakfast link, pattie, or slice, meatless

255 kcal per 100 g—close to the median energy concentration among these records.

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Near the upper central protein boundary

Peanut butter, lower sugar

24.8 g protein per 100 g in this exact source record.

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Near the upper central fiber boundary

Black beans, from canned, no added fat

10.1 g fiber per 100 g in this exact source record.

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What “Beans, nuts & protein foods” includes here

One Feast category, several USDA source categories

Feast groups related records to make the library navigable. The more specific USDA category and the complete food name remain the better evidence for choosing a match.

Nuts and seeds68 records

Beans, peas, legumes60 records

Bean, pea, legume dishes23 records

Soy and meat-alternative products18 records

Protein and nutritional powders11 records

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 9 exact records behind Beans, nuts & protein foods category landmarks. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Peanut butter, lower sugar is higher in calories per 100 g

Peanut butter, lower sugar reports 650 kcal versus 131 kcal for Black beans, from dried, no added fat: a 519 kcal difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

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The denominator changes the answer

Bean cake is denser; Breakfast link, pattie, or slice, meatless is higher in its source amount

Bean cake reports 414 kcal per 100 g and 132 kcal in USDA source amount (32 g). Breakfast link, pattie, or slice, meatless reports a lower 255 kcal per 100 g but a higher 145 kcal in USDA source amount (57 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Breakfast link, pattie, or slice, meatless” from “Pumpkin seeds, salted”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

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Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Beans, nuts & protein foods category landmarks, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Best next guide for this exact record Black beans

Black beans, from canned, no added fat and Black beans, from dried, no added fat are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Best next guide for this exact record Mixed nuts

Mixed nuts, unroasted and Mixed nuts, without peanuts, salted are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calories: density and serving context

In this page’s records, calories runs from 131 kcal in Black beans, from dried, no added fat to 650 kcal in Peanut butter, lower sugar, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 5 context records in this source topic Nuts and seeds

Peanut butter, lower sugar and Mixed nuts, without peanuts, salted belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path Test a nearby record choice Black beans, from canned, no added fat vs Black beans, from fast food / restaurant

Black beans, from canned, no added fat is held as one side of the comparison. The explicit record-description contrast is Added-fat wording: no added fat versus No matching controlled term in the source name; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Salt, table

USDA input 2047 appears in 5 of 9 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 0.5–5 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Nuts, cashew nuts, dry roasted, without salt added

USDA input 12085 appears in 3 of 9 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 30–97 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

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Exact-record directory

Browse all 180 profiles in this category

Records are presented as source descriptions, not as universal recipes. Open the closest wording first; compare alternatives only after checking that the denominator and preparation context match.

Beans, nuts & protein foods

Almond butter

205 kcal in a 32 g source amount. Open the record to compare that amount with 100 grams and other source measures.

Source amount: 205 kcal · 32 g
Listed measures: 103–205 kcal
Protein, same amount: 6.6 g

Choose in this order: identity, amount, then context.

Identity

Amount

Context

Central nutrient ranges on one denominator

Records that make the range easier to understand

One Feast category, several USDA source categories

Turn source data into a better next decision

Peanut butter, lower sugar is higher in calories per 100 g

Bean cake is denser; Breakfast link, pattie, or slice, meatless is higher in its source amount

Distinguish “Breakfast link, pattie, or slice, meatless” from “Pumpkin seeds, salted”

Follow the relationship that matches your question

Browse all 180 profiles in this category

Three questions that prevent the most common category mistakes