Yardlong beans Nutrition facts

Yardlong beans

Yardlong beans

Chewy and flavorful yard long beans, also known as Chinese snake beans, are closely related to black-eyed peas. Its immature, tender, edible pods are one of the most popular pod-vegetables used in the Philippines and other East Asian cuisines. The beans are also grown on small scales in the home gardens in the Southern United States, West-Indies as well as in the Mediterranean regions.
The yard-long pods are actually legumes belonging to the Fabaceae family. The beans were thought to have originated in southern Chinese Yunnan province. Scientific name: Vigna unguiculata, sub. sesquipedalis. Some of the common names include asparagus-bean, string-bean, or Chinese snake beans. The beans in general recognized by local names as bora (West Indies), dau gok (China), pole sitao (Philippines), etc.

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Source of Calorie
47
Calories
  • Carbs
    8.35 g   69%
  • Protein
    2.80 g   23%
  • Fat
    0.40 g   8%
How long to burn off 47 Calories?

*Approximate base minutes for a 25-year-old, 65 kg adult at moderate intensity.

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8 min
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7 min
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7 min
Walking
12 min
Nutrition Principle Nutrition Value Percentage of RDA
Principle
Energy 47 Kcal 2%
Carbohydrates 8.35 g 6%
Protein 2.8 g 5%
Total Fat 0.40 g 2%
Cholesterol 0 mg 0%
Vitamins
Folates 62 µg 15.5%
Niacin 0.410 mg 2%
Pantothenic acid 0.055 mg 1%
Pyridoxine 0.024 mg 2%
Riboflavin 0.110 mg 9%
Thiamin 0.107 mg 9%
Vitamin A 865 IU 29%
Vitamin C 18.8 mg 31%
Electrolytes
Sodium 4 mg <1%
Potassium 240 mg 5%
Minerals
Calcium 50 mg 5%
Copper 0.048 µg 5%
Iron 0.47 mg 6%
Magnesium 44 mg 11%
Manganese 0.205 mg 9%
Phosphorus 59 mg 8%
Selenium 1.5 µg 3%
Zinc 0.37 mg 3%