Nutrition facts · Beans, nuts and seeds
Calories in Black beans (cooked)
Cooked black beans have 132 calories per 100 g, and a 1 cup serving (172 g) has 227 calories. Most of those calories come from carbohydrates (23.7 g per 100 g), with a solid amount of protein (8.9 g) and very little fat (0.5 g).
Calories come from: Carbs 70% · Fat 3% · Protein 27%
Common servings
| Serving | Weight | Calories | Protein | Carbs | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 132 kcal | 8.9 g | 23.7 g | 0.5 g |
| 1 cup | 172 g | 227 kcal | 15.2 g | 40.8 g | 0.9 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 132 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 8.9 g |
| Carbohydrates | 23.7 g |
| of which sugars | 0.3 g |
| Fiber | 8.7 g |
| Fat | 0.5 g |
| of which saturated | 0.1 g |
| Sodium | 1 mg |
What changes the calories
- Dry black beans absorb a lot of water as they cook, so dry beans have far more calories per gram than the same weight of cooked beans.
- Canned black beans are usually similar to home-cooked ones, but beans canned in sauces or seasoned liquids can carry extra calories, sugar or salt.
- Cooking beans with oil, lard, bacon or cheese, as in refried beans or many stews, adds the calories of those ingredients.
- Portions are easy to underestimate when beans are part of burritos, bowls or soups, so the amount you actually eat can vary a lot.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh your beans after cooking and draining, and log them as cooked beans rather than dry beans to avoid a big overestimate.
- If you cook from dry, weigh the dry beans and log the dry entry instead, since cooked weight depends on how much water they absorb.
- Log any oil, cheese, sour cream or salsa separately, or snap a photo of your bowl in BerryFit to capture the toppings along with the beans.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in a cup of cooked black beans?
A 1 cup serving of cooked black beans (172 g) has 227 calories. It also provides 15.2 g of protein, 40.8 g of carbs and 0.9 g of fat.
How much protein is in black beans?
Cooked black beans have 8.9 g of protein per 100 g, or 15.2 g per cup. That makes them one of the more protein-rich plant foods, though most of their calories still come from carbs.
Are black beans high in carbs?
Yes, carbs are their main macro, at 23.7 g per 100 g cooked. A good share of that is fiber, 8.7 g per 100 g, and they have only 0.3 g of sugar.
Do black beans have more calories than kidney beans?
They are very close: cooked black beans have 132 calories per 100 g, while cooked kidney beans have 127. Cooked navy beans are slightly higher at 140 calories per 100 g.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Beans, black, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt, FDC ID 173735); servings use USDA portion weights. Real foods vary by variety, ripeness and preparation.
The text on this page was written with the help of AI (Anthropic's Claude) and checked against the numbers in a separate review. The numbers themselves come only from USDA.
