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Butter beans

Butter beans are large, mature lima beans sold fresh, dried, or canned; cooked beans are soft, creamy, and mildly buttery for soups, stews, or mashing.

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About Butter beans

Butter beans are large, mature lima beans, usually sold dried, canned, or fresh. The name is used especially for the large, pale varieties, rather than for a prepared dish or a butter-flavoured product.

When cooked, the beans are creamy and soft, with a mild, buttery flavour. They are eaten whole in soups, stews, and other preparations or mashed; cooking method and variety affect firmness. Canned beans are already cooked, while dried beans require soaking or cooking before use.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

butter beans

English

lima beans

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Beans, butter, canned, re-heated, drained

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Beans, butter, dried, boiled in unsalted water

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Beans, butter, dried, raw

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Frozen butter beans

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Frozen raw butter beans

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SPECKLED BUTTER BEANS

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Butter beans nutrition & diet

Butter beans nutritional value

Reference: Beans, butter, dried, raw

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
290kcal
Protein
19.1g
Carbs
52.9g
Fat
1.7g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Dried, cooked, and canned beans differ in water content, and canned products may contain added salt. Comparisons should use the same drained or undrained state and preparation form.

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.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Composition of foods integrated dataset (CoFID), 2021 — 13-070 ↗. 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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