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Fiber in Kidney Beans (1 cup)

Fiber per 1 cup (185 g): 12.8 g - that works out to 3.9 g of fiber for each 100 kcal.

12.8 g
per 1 cup

Fiber at a glance

Dietary fiber in Kidney Beans: per serving, per 100 g, per 100 kcal and against reference intakes
Total fiber, one serving12.8 g (1 cup)
Serving weight185 g
Fiber in 100 g6.9 g
Fiber per 100 kcal3.9 g
Energy, one serving327 kcal
Women 19-50 (25 g a day)51% per serving
Men 19-50 (38 g a day)34% per serving
Label Daily Value (28 g)46% per serving
Place in legumes & beans, by serving41st of 114
Place in legumes & beans, per 100 kcal65th of 114
Food typeWhole food
One 1 cup, 12.8 g fiber.
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One serving against a day's fiber

The Dietary Reference Intakes set an Adequate Intake for total fiber of 25 g a day for women aged 19 to 50 and 38 g for men of the same ages. Measured against those, the 12.8 g in a 1 cup serving of kidney beans is 51% of the first and 34% of the second. US food labels use a single Daily Value of 28 g instead, which puts this serving at 46%.

Calorie for calorie, the figure is 3.9 g of fiber per 100 kcal (this serving is 327 kcal). Among the 114 legumes & beans with USDA energy data here that is 65th, and 229th across all 957. The intakes above were derived from 14 g of fiber per 1,000 kcal, or 1.4 g per 100 kcal, so this food sits above the ratio a whole day of eating is meant to reach.

Getting all 25 g from kidney beans alone would take 2 servings, and 38 g would take 3. Most days reach the target through several different sources.

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Portions

Fiber by portion size

Dietary fiber and energy in Kidney Beans for 100 g and the USDA household portions
PortionGramsFiberkcal
100 g1006.9 g177
1 cup - this page's serving18512.8 g327

Gram weights come from the household measures on the USDA record; fiber and energy for each portion are its per-100 g values scaled to that weight.

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Questions

Common questions about kidney beans (1 cup)

How many grams of fiber are in a 1 cup serving of kidney beans?

12.8 g of total dietary fiber, in a portion weighing 185 g. On a US label that reads as 46% of the 28 g Daily Value.

What is the fiber rank of kidney beans in its food group?

By fiber per serving it is number 41 of 114 in its group in this database, and number 65 of 114 when ranked by fiber per 100 kcal.

How much fiber is there per 100 calories of kidney beans?

3.9 g. USDA lists 6.9 g of fiber and 177 kcal in 100 g, and dividing one by the other gives the figure, whatever the portion.

How many servings of kidney beans would cover a day's fiber on their own?

About 2 for the 25 g Adequate Intake for women aged 19 to 50, or 3 for the 38 g set for men of those ages.

Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central record 2707379 (Kidney beans, NFS, FNDDS 2021-2023). USDA nutrient data is public domain.