Nutrition facts · Beans, nuts and seeds
Calories in Kidney beans (cooked)
Cooked kidney beans have 127 calories per 100 g, and a 1 cup serving (177 g) has 225 calories. Most of those calories come from carbohydrates (22.8 g per 100 g), with a solid amount of protein (8.7 g) and almost no 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 | 127 kcal | 8.7 g | 22.8 g | 0.5 g |
| 1 cup | 177 g | 225 kcal | 15.3 g | 40.4 g | 0.9 g |
| 1 tbsp | 11 g | 14 kcal | 1 g | 2.5 g | 0.1 g |
Full nutrition (Per 100 g)
| Calories | 127 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 8.7 g |
| Carbohydrates | 22.8 g |
| of which sugars | 0.3 g |
| Fiber | 7.4 g |
| Fat | 0.5 g |
| of which saturated | 0.1 g |
| Sodium | 2 mg |
What changes the calories
- Dry kidney beans roughly double to triple in weight as they absorb water during cooking, so dry beans have far more calories per gram than cooked ones.
- Cooking or finishing beans with oil, butter, bacon or other fats adds those calories on top of the beans themselves.
- Canned kidney beans packed in sauce or syrup, such as some baked or chili-style beans, carry extra calories from added sugar and fat, while plain canned beans that are drained are close to home-cooked.
- Portion size varies a lot in dishes like chili or rice and beans, so eyeballed servings are often larger or smaller than a measured cup.
Tips for logging it accurately
- Weigh beans after cooking and draining, and log them as cooked; if you weigh them dry, choose a dry-bean entry instead.
- Log oils, cheese, sour cream and sauces separately, since they can add more calories than the beans themselves.
- In BerryFit, you can snap a photo of a chili or bean bowl and then adjust the bean portion to your measured weight.
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Frequently asked questions
How many calories are in a cup of cooked kidney beans?
One cup of cooked kidney beans (177 g) has 225 calories, with 15.3 g protein, 40.4 g carbs and 0.9 g fat.
How much protein is in kidney beans?
Cooked kidney beans have 8.7 g of protein per 100 g, or 15.3 g per cup.
Are kidney beans high in carbs?
Most of their calories come from carbs, at 22.8 g per 100 g, but 7.4 g of that is fiber and only 0.3 g is sugar.
Do kidney beans have more calories than black beans?
They are very similar: cooked kidney beans have 127 calories per 100 g, compared with 132 for cooked black beans.
Similar foods
Calories in common foodsValues per 100 g from USDA FoodData Central (Beans, kidney, red, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt, FDC ID 175194); 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.
