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White beans calories per cup: 248–390 across all 5 named USDA examples

Across all 5 named USDA examples, a cup contains 248–390 calories. Their listed weights span 180–185 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Estimated for 92 g

194calories

White beans, from canned, fat added

Protein
9.6 g
Carbs
27.4 g
Fat
5.6 g

These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.

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The 5 exact records in this guide report 124–194 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 138–211 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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For White beans, begin by separating “White beans, from canned, fat added” from “White beans, from dried, no added fat.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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Equal-weight view

How white beans records compare at 100 grams

All 5 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. White beans, from dried, no added fat 138 kcal
    138 kcal
  2. White beans, from canned, no added fat 168 kcal
    168 kcal
  3. White beans, from dried, fat added 188 kcal
    188 kcal
  4. White beans, from canned, fat added 211 kcal
    211 kcal
  5. White beans, from canned, reduced sodium 211 kcal
    211 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 5 named USDA records in view: 5 direct matches. All sit within “Beans, peas, legumes.” The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first description segment” placed these 5 records together under the exact grouping key “white beans.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For White beans, this page can compare 5 named records from FDC 2707356 through FDC 2707355. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

90–92 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.0× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

73 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “from dried, no added fat”; the higher is “reduced sodium.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

124 mg sodium gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “from dried, fat added” (221 mg) and “from canned, no added fat” (345 mg).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every white beans.

Important: “Lower” begins with White beans, from dried, no added fat; “higher” ends with White beans, from canned, reduced sodium, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every white beans meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For White beans, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the White beans nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
White beans, from canned, fat added Direct name match 92 gUSDA reference amount 194 kcal 211 9.6 g 6.3 g 306 mg FDC 2707356 ↗
White beans, from canned, no added fat Direct name match 90 gUSDA reference amount 151 kcal 168 9.7 g 6.5 g 311 mg FDC 2707357 ↗
White beans, from canned, reduced sodium Direct name match 92 gUSDA reference amount 194 kcal 211 9.6 g 6.3 g 231 mg FDC 2707358 ↗
White beans, from dried, fat added Direct name match 92 gUSDA reference amount 173 kcal 188 8.3 g 5.4 g 203 mg FDC 2707354 ↗
White beans, from dried, no added fat Direct name match 90 gUSDA reference amount 124 kcal 138 8.7 g 5.7 g 213 mg FDC 2707355 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 90 to 92 grams—a 2-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 124 calories for “from dried, no added fat” to 194 for “reduced sodium.” At a fixed 100 grams, “from dried, no added fat” is 138 calories and “reduced sodium” is 211—a fixed-weight separation of 73 calories. For White beans, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “from canned, fat added”, “from canned, no added fat”, “from canned, reduced sodium”, “from dried, fat added”, and “from dried, no added fat”. The source formulations contain 5 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include beans, great northern, mature seeds, canned, low sodium, vegetable oil, nfs, beans, great northern, mature seeds, canned, and beans, white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt. On this White beans page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “White beans” cannot resolve the differences between White beans, from canned, fat added and White beans, from dried, no added fat. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 90–92 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “from canned, fat added”, “from canned, no added fat”, “from canned, reduced sodium”, “from dried, fat added”, and “from dried, no added fat”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    5 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “White beans, from canned, fat added” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those White beans unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that white beans is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“from canned, fat added”, “from canned, no added fat”, “from dried, fat added”, and “from dried, no added fat”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete White beans source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

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 5 exact records behind White beans source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

White beans, from dried, fat added is higher in total fat per 100 g

White beans, from dried, fat added reports 6.8 g versus 0.4 g for White beans, from dried, no added fat: a 6.5 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Check the weight before comparing serving totals

Source amounts span 90–92 g

White beans, from canned, no added fat uses USDA source amount (90 g), while White beans, from dried, fat added uses USDA source amount (92 g). Use per 100 g for equal-weight composition; use the serving column only when those named source amounts answer your question.

Choose the record before reading the number

White beans, from canned, no added fat and White beans, from canned, reduced sodium are not interchangeable

The page keeps both records at the same 100 g denominator and makes Added-fat wording (no added fat versus No matching controlled term in the source name) the explicit record-description contrast. It does not show that the wording difference caused a nutrient difference. Pick the description that matches the food in front of you rather than averaging away the distinction.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For White beans source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

Compare two records on this page White beans, from canned, no added fat vs White beans, from canned, reduced sodium

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. 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 Compare two records on this page White beans, from canned, fat added vs White beans, from canned, no added fat

Both records appear in this page’s evidence set. The explicit record-description contrast is Added-fat wording: added fat versus no added fat; it is a selection cue, not evidence of cause.

Follow this evidence path 5 context records in this source topic Beans, peas, legumes

White beans, from canned, fat added and White beans, from canned, no added fat 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 A formulation detail that separates records Vegetable oil, NFS

USDA input 82101000 appears in 3 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 7–7 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 Beans, white, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt

USDA input 16050 appears in 2 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 100–100 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 Inspect an exact record White beans, from canned, fat added

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2707356 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

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

In this page’s records, iron runs from 2.2 mg in White beans, from canned, fat added to 3.7 mg in White beans, from dried, no added fat, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path