Kidney beans

75 g of kidney beans is 93 kcal and mainly feeds your muscles, gut and heart.

PER 75 G AS BOUGHT · 93 KCAL

The portion is what one serving of PeakPie's own recipes typically uses of this ingredient.

What it feeds

Muscles6 of 100
Protein: 11%of a day’s target in this portion.
Gut5 of 100
Fiber: 13%of a day’s target in this portion.
Heart5 of 100
Fiber: 13%of a day’s target in this portion.
Bones4 of 100
Phosphorus: 13%of a day’s target in this portion.
Immune4 of 100
Copper: 23%of a day’s target in this portion.
Kidneys3 of 100
Potassium: 7%of a day’s target in this portion.
Brain2 of 100
Iron: 9%of a day’s target in this portion.
Eyes1 of 100
Zinc: 6%of a day’s target in this portion.
Liver1 of 100
Folate (B9): 5%of a day’s target in this portion.
Lungs1 of 100
Magnesium: 6%of a day’s target in this portion.
Skin1 of 100
Zinc: 6%of a day’s target in this portion.

The score is what this one portion would do for the organ on an otherwise empty day, against PeakPie’s daily targets for an adult aged 19 to 50 (protein at 70 kg). Your own targets in the app follow your age, sex, weight and activity.

What’s in 75 g

NUTRIENT	AMOUNT	OF A DAY
Copper	0.2mg	23%
Fiber	4.1g	13%
Phosphorus	91mg	13%
Polyphenols	124mg	12%
Protein	6g	11%
Iron	1.1mg	9%
Potassium	208mg	7%
Magnesium	23mg	6%
Zinc	0.6mg	6%
Folate (B9)	21 mcg DFE	5%
Calcium	43mg	4%
Selenium

Watch out

Saturated fat0.1g · 1% of the UK reference intake
Sugars2.8g · 3% of the UK reference intake
Salt0.4g · 7% of the UK reference intake

What may be claimed

Kidney beans is a source of Copper, Phosphorus. These are the authorised wordings from the GB Nutrition and Health Claims Register for those nutrients, the only health claims anyone may make about this food.

Copper

Copper contributes to normal function of the immune system.
Copper contributes to maintenance of normal connective tissues.
Copper contributes to normal iron transport in the body.

A trace mineral that helps immune cells mature, moves iron around the body, and cross-links the collagen in connective tissue.

Phosphorus

Phosphorus contributes to the maintenance of normal bones.
Phosphorus contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.

Calcium's partner in bone mineral, and the P in ATP — the molecule every cell spends as energy.

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