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Fava Bean

A broad, starchy legume eaten fresh or dried and used in stews, purées, salads, and other savory dishes.

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About Fava Bean

Fava bean is the edible seed of a broad-podded legume, also called broad bean. Fresh beans are enclosed in thick pods and may have a tender green seed coat when young; mature beans are larger and starchy, with a skin that is often removed after cooking or blanching.

They are used fresh, dried, or frozen in stews, soups, purées, salads, braises, and other savoury dishes. Young beans can remain firmer after brief cooking, while mature or dried beans become softer and more absorbent with longer cooking.

The beans may be sold in pods, shelled with their skins on, peeled, split, or dried. Podding, blanching, peeling, soaking, and boiling change their appearance and texture, so fresh kernels, peeled mature beans, and dried beans require different preparation and cooking times.

Ingredient type
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Local names for fava bean

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English

Fava bean

British English

Broad bean

English

Beans, fava, in pod, raw

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English

broad bean (cooked, canned)

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broad bean (dried)

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broad bean (immature)

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broad bean (mature)

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broad bean (raw, immature)

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broad bean (raw, mature)

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broad bean (raw)

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Broad bean, Boiled

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dried broad bean

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faba bean preparation

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Fava beans, cooked

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Fresh broad bean to shell

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Fava Bean nutrition & diet

Fava Bean nutritional value

Bean, broad, fresh, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
56.2kcal
Protein
6.9g
Carbs
2.2g
Fat
0.5g

Reference values apply to the named food form, not every preparation, variety or brand. © Food Standards Australia New Zealand. AFCD Release 3, food F000419. 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

Establish which fruit is meant by the regional name jambu before selecting data, including species, ripeness, and edible portion. Match fresh fruit flesh with juice, preserve, dessert, or cooked forms separately, and account for discarded seeds, peel, added sugar, water, dairy, or other recipe ingredients.

Compare the right form: Confirm the species and match fresh edible flesh, juice, preserve, or dessert form; do not substitute another fruit called jambu.

Diet considerations

Jambu is plant-derived, but the regional name can identify different fruits, so species confirmation matters. Plain fresh fruit differs from juice, preserves, and desserts containing sugar, dairy, gelatin, or cereal ingredients. Processing and serving size can alter carbohydrate patterns and determine compatibility with a particular eating plan.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically compatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically compatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    Depends on the version
  • Paleo
    Typically incompatible
  • Low-carb
    Depends on the version
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Vegetarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
The plain ingredient profile is plant, fungal or mineral based. Added ingredients in a prepared product need a separate check.
Keto · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
Paleo · Typically incompatible
This profile falls outside the conventional paleo pattern used here (grains and pseudograins, legumes, dairy or refined sugar).
Low-carb · Depends on the version
Compatibility depends on the portion and preparation. A sourced carbohydrate amount for a defined serving is not available.
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: Australian Food Composition Database, Release 3, 2025 — Bean, broad, 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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