Broadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, raw

Not checked yet · database values 341 kcal per 100 g

Not checked for absorption yet: these are the listed values.

Not checked yet: the numbers below are what the database lists.

Cook dried beans well: raw or undercooked, they carry a natural toxin.

Good for

How we counted this

What 100 g gives you: imported foods have no serving size yet.

Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.

The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share. ?

A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.

Protein
Your muscles, and every other tissue, are built and repaired from it.
A lot
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26.1 g in 100 g: 47% of the 56 g a day men need, 57% of the 46 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
Fibre
Keeps your gut moving.
A lot
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25 g in 100 g: 66% of the 38 g a day men need, 100% of the 25 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
Folate
Your body needs it to make DNA and to divide new cells.
A lot
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423 µg in 100 g: 106% of the 400 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, folate fact sheet for health professionals
Magnesium
Your muscles and nerves need it to work.
A lot
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192 mg in 100 g: 48% of the 400 mg a day men need, 62% of the 310 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, magnesium fact sheet for health professionals
Thiamin (B1)
Your cells use it to get energy from food, and so to grow and work.
A lot
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0.56 mg in 100 g: 47% of the 1.2 mg a day men need, 51% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, thiamin fact sheet for health professionals
Iron
Carries oxygen in your blood.
A lot
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6.7 mg in 100 g: 84% of the 8 mg a day men need, 37% of the 18 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, iron fact sheet for health professionals
Potassium
Your nerves, muscles and kidneys need it to work.
A lot
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1,062 mg in 100 g: 31% of the 3,400 mg a day men need, 41% of the 2,600 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, potassium fact sheet for health professionals
Zinc
Your immune system and healing wounds depend on it.
A lot
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3.14 mg in 100 g: 29% of the 11 mg a day men need, 39% of the 8 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, zinc fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin B6
Helps you use protein, and your brain needs it to make its chemical messengers.
A lot
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0.37 mg in 100 g: 28% of the 1.3 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B6 fact sheet for health professionals
Riboflavin (B2)
Your cells use it to make energy and handle fats. It also helps turn tryptophan into niacin and activate vitamin B6.
A lot
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0.33 mg in 100 g: 25% of the 1.3 mg a day men need, 30% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, riboflavin fact sheet for health professionals

7 more nutrients below “a lot”

Choline
Your cells need it for their membranes, and to make acetylcholine, a messenger for memory, mood and muscle control.
Some
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95.8 mg in 100 g: 17% of the 550 mg a day men need, 23% of the 425 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, choline fact sheet for health professionals
Selenium
Your thyroid uses it to make its hormones.
Some
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8.2 µg in 100 g: 15% of the 55 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, selenium fact sheet for health professionals
Calcium
Builds your bones and teeth.
Some
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103 mg in 100 g: 10% of the 1,000 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, calcium fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin K1
Your blood needs it to clot.
A little
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9 µg in 100 g: 8% of the 120 µg a day men need, 10% of the 90 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin K fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin C
Your body makes collagen with it, which wounds need to heal. It also helps you absorb iron from plants.
A little
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1.4 mg in 100 g: 2% of the 90 mg a day men need, 2% of the 75 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin C fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin A
Your eyes need it to see in dim light.
Almost none
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Getting enough matters; more than enough doesn’t sharpen your sight.
3 µg in 100 g: under 1% of the 900 µg a day men need, under 1% of the 700 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin A fact sheet for health professionals
Vitamin E
Shields the fats in your cells from damage; your immune system uses it too.
Almost none
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0.05 mg in 100 g: under 1% of the 15 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin E fact sheet for health professionals

Missing from our databases for this food, so left out, not counted as zero: niacin, vitamin B12, vitamin D, omega-3: ALA and omega-3: EPA + DHA.

How to handle it

Phytohaemagglutinin (raw bean lectins)
Common in this kind of food; not tested in this one
Raw or undercooked, these beans carry a natural toxin, the one kidney beans are known for. The FDA’s advice for kidney beans: soak them for at least 5 hours, then boil them in fresh water for at least 30 minutes; a slow cooker doesn’t get hot enough.
Learn more
Source: US FDA, Bad Bug Book, 2nd edition (2012): Phytohaemagglutinin
How we got this
Dry beans, raw.
Raw or undercooked dry beans carry lectins (phytohaemagglutinin): as few as four or five raw kidney beans can cause illness. Soak, then boil (Health Canada: at least 10 minutes; FDA: 30); never slow-cook raw beans. Canned and properly boiled beans are safe.
What cuts it: Soak at least 5 hours, then boil.
Health Canada, Lectins in Dry Legumes (page details date 2017-05-04) · grade C
Every food with phytohaemagglutinin (raw bean lectins)

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How we counted this

We haven’t checked this food. Foods like it carry these, so they’re shown here until we do. None of them was measured in this food.

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Name in the database: Broadbeans (fava beans), mature seeds, raw

Listed nutrients, per 100 g

For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.

Nutrient	Per	Per 100 calories	How	Source	Grade
Calcium	103 mg	30.21 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	103 mg	30.21 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Carbohydrate	58.29 g	17.09 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	58.29 g	17.09 g	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Choline	95.8 mg	28.09 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	95.8 mg	28.09 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Energy	341 kcal	–	FDC Energy (kcal) used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)`	–
	341 kcal	–	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Fat	1.53 g	0.45 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	1.53 g	0.45 g	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Fibre	25 g	7.33 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	14.87 g	4.36 g	second database · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Folate	423 µg	124.05 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	423 µg	124.05 µg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Iron	6.7 mg	1.96 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	6.7 mg	1.96 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Magnesium	192 mg	56.3 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	192 mg	56.3 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Phosphorus	421 mg	123.46 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	421 mg	123.46 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Potassium	1,062 mg	311.44 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	1,062 mg	311.44 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Protein	26.12 g	7.66 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	26.12 g	7.66 g	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Riboflavin (B2)	0.333 mg	0.1 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	0.333 mg	0.1 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Selenium	8.2 µg	2.4 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	8.2 µg	2.4 µg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Sodium	13 mg	3.81 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	13 mg	3.81 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Sugars	5.7 g	1.67 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	5.7 g	1.67 g	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Thiamin (B1)	0.555 mg	0.16 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	0.555 mg	0.16 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Vitamin A	3 µg	0.88 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	3 µg	0.88 µg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Vitamin B6	0.366 mg	0.11 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	0.366 mg	0.11 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Vitamin C	1.4 mg	0.41 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	1.4 mg	0.41 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Vitamin E	0.05 mg	0.01 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	0.05 mg	0.01 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Vitamin K1	9 µg	2.64 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	9 µg	2.64 µg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Water	10.98 g	3.22 g	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	10.98 g	3.22 g	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Zinc	3.14 mg	0.92 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	3.14 mg	0.92 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C

Other values (fatty acids, amino acids and more)

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Per 100 calories	How	Source	Grade
Beta-carotene	32 µg	9.38 µg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	32 µg	9.38 µg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Copper	0.824 mg	0.24 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	0.824 mg	0.24 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Manganese	1.626 mg	0.48 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	1.626 mg	0.48 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Niacin (B3, preformed)	2.832 mg	0.83 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	2.832 mg	0.83 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.976 mg	0.29 mg	listed used	`US food database (USDA SR Legacy)` #175205	C
	0.976 mg	0.29 mg	copy of USDA · not used	`Canadian Nutrient File 2026` #3387	C

Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.

Hazard rows as the dataset rates them

Phytohaemagglutinin (raw bean lectins) · Worth knowing · Raw or undercooked dry beans carry lectins (phytohaemagglutinin): as few as four or five raw kidney beans can cause illness. Soak, then boil (Health Canada: at least 10 minutes; FDA: 30); never slow-cook raw beans. Canned and properly boiled beans are safe. · Health Canada, Lectins in Dry Legumes

Sources

Health Canada, Canadian Nutrient File 2026 (14th edition)
cnf-2026 · dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0
USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, 2018-04
fdc-sr-legacy-2018-04 · dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Health Canada, Lectins in Dry Legumes (page details date 2017-05-04)
hc-lectins-legumes · page · Government of Canada terms

Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.

The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.

The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.

Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.