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Butter Bean

Butter beans are large, creamy beans commonly boiled, stewed, or added to salads and soups.

Butter Bean — illustrative ingredient image

About Butter Bean

A butter bean is a large, flattened bean with a tender, creamy interior and a mild, starchy flavour when cooked. The name commonly refers to large pale beans sold fresh, frozen, canned, or dried, and it is used in soups, stews, salads, and vegetable dishes.

Cooked texture ranges from soft and yielding to somewhat mealy according to maturity and cooking. Colour may be ivory, pale green, or mottled depending on the variety and product, while canned beans are usually cooked and packed in liquid.

Fresh, frozen, dried, and canned forms differ in preparation and culinary performance. Dried beans require soaking or extended cooking; boiling, simmering, and stewing soften them, while draining canned beans changes their texture and the liquid accompanying the edible portion.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for butter bean

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English

butter bean

English

Canned butter beans

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Butter Bean nutrition & diet

Butter Bean nutritional value

Reference: Bean, butter, fresh, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
24.9kcal
Protein
2.3g
Carbs
2.3g
Fat
0.2g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F000422. Available carbohydrate excludes sugar alcohols; energy converted from kJ to kcal (÷4.184). Australian data may not be appropriate for use in other countries. There are limitations associated with food composition databases. Food composition data used in the database or databases may represent an average of the nutrient content of a particular sample of foods and ingredients, determined at a particular time. The nutrient composition of foods and ingredients can vary substantially between batches and brands because of a number of factors, including changes in season, processing practices and ingredient source, and methods of calculation. Data licensed under the FSANZ Data User Licence Agreement, based on CC BY-SA 3.0 AU: https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/science-data/monitoringnutrients/afcd/datauserlicenceagreement.

Portions & preparation

Use cooked, drained butter beans or the stated canned or dried form, since soaking, boiling, canning, and draining change edible yield and texture. Record added salt, broth, oil, or sauce separately. Portion size and whether beans are mashed, whole, or combined with grains affect interpretation.

Compare the right form: Match references to butter beans by species or marketed identity and form: dried, boiled, canned, drained, mashed, or prepared in sauce.

Diet considerations

Butter beans are plant-derived legumes. Compatibility changes when cooked with meat, dairy, animal broth, or cereal ingredients, or when canned sauces and coatings are included. Plain beans differ from salads, soups, and spreads; the carbohydrate pattern is portion-dependent and should reflect the prepared edible form.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Bean, butter, fresh, raw ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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