Food calories · USDA data
Calories in green beans
31 calories
in 1 cup 1/2" pieces, 100 g
- Protein
- 1.8 g
- Carbs
- 7 g
- Fat
- 0.2 g
- Fiber
- 2.7 g
Green beans have 31 calories. That is USDA's figure for 1 cup 1/2" pieces, which weighs 100 g. Per 100 g, green beans have 31 calories.
Almost all of its calories, 75%, come from carbohydrate.
It takes 323 g of green beans to reach 100 calories, which is about 3.2 × 1 cup 1/2" pieces.
Calories by portion
| Portion | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup 1/2" pieces | 100 g | 31 | 1.8 g | 7 g | 0.2 g |
| 10 beans (4" long) | 55 g | 17 | 1 g | 3.8 g | 0.1 g |
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | 9 | 0.5 g | 2 g | 0.1 g |
| 100 g | 100 g | 31 | 1.8 g | 7 g | 0.2 g |
Portion weights are USDA's own. Your green beans may weigh more or less; for an exact number, weigh it and enter the grams in the food calorie lookup.
Where the calories come from
- Protein: 20% of calories (1.8 g per 100 g)
- Carbohydrate: 75% (7 g per 100 g, of which 2.7 g fiber)
- Fat: 5% (0.2 g per 100 g)
Shares use the general factors of 4 calories per gram of protein and carbohydrate and 9 per gram of fat, so they can differ a little from USDA's calorie figure. Daily Values are the FDA's adult Daily Values.
Compared with similar foods
Weight for weight, jalapeño has the fewest calories of these four (29 per 100 g) and broccoli the most (34).
| Per 100 g | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green beans | 31 | 1.8 g | 7 g | 0.2 g |
| Okra | 33 | 1.9 g | 7.5 g | 0.2 g |
| Jalapeño | 29 | 0.9 g | 6.5 g | 0.4 g |
| Broccoli | 34 | 2.8 g | 6.6 g | 0.4 g |
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Questions people ask
How many calories are in green beans?
Green beans have 31 calories. USDA weighs 1 cup 1/2" pieces at 100 g, and green beans has 31 calories per 100 g.
How much protein do green beans have?
1 cup 1/2" pieces (100 g) has 1.8 g of protein, 4% of the 50 g Daily Value. Per 100 g it is 1.8 g.
How many carbs do green beans have?
1 cup 1/2" pieces has 7 g of carbohydrate, including 2.7 g of fiber, and 0.2 g of fat.
Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (2018). USDA entry: Beans, snap, green, raw (FDC ID 169961). Values are averages; a packaged food's label may differ.