Kidney Beans Calories and Nutrition Facts

Beans, kidney, light red, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed nutrition facts

The table below shows the complete nutritional profile for beans, kidney, light red, canned, sodium added, sugar added, drained and rinsed per 100 g (the laboratory analytical standard), alongside the share of the FDA Daily Value each nutrient covers. Most of its calories come from carbohydrate.

*Percent Daily Value per 100 g, against the FDA reference intakes for adults and children 4+ years (50 g protein, 275 g carbohydrate, 28 g fibre, 78 g fat, 20 g saturated fat, 2300 mg sodium). Total sugars has no Daily Value — the 50 g reference applies to added sugars only, and USDA reports total sugars here.

Kidney Beans calories by weight: ounces, pounds and grams

USDA publishes this food per 100 g, so here is the same profile converted to the weights a kitchen scale and a US recipe actually use. At 1.27 kcal per gram (low energy density), low energy density — generous portions stay modest in calories.

How kidney beans compares to other beans & legumes

Against the 20 beans & legumes in this database, kidney beans ranks 10th lowest in calories and 12th highest in protein. The category averages 244 kcal per 100 g, so this one is 48% below it. The lightest option in the category is soy milk, unsweetened, plain, shelf stable at 39 kcal per 100 g, and the protein leader is flour, soy, defatted at 51.1 g per 100 g.

Portion planning with kidney beans

• 100 calories comes to about 79 g (2.8 oz).
• 20 g of protein takes about 274 g, bringing 348 kcal with it — that is 5.7 g of protein per 100 calories.
• Macro split by calories: 68% carbs, 23% protein, 9% fat.

Nutrient screening detail

The badges near the top of this page come from screening the per-100 g values against the FDA nutrient-content thresholds in 21 CFR 101.54–101.62. The regulations define those claims per reference serving rather than per 100 g, so treat these as a like-for-like comparison between foods, not as a statement about a product label:

• Good source of protein — 7.3 g per 100 g (≥ 10% DV)
• Low fat — 1.3 g per 100 g (≤ 3 g)
• Low saturated fat — 0 g per 100 g (≤ 1 g)
• Sugar free — 0 g total sugars per 100 g (< 0.5 g)

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