Calories in mung beans: 279 kcal per 100 g

Q: How many calories are in a portion of mung beans?

A typical portion (80 g, a portion of cooked beans) gives 223 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 279 kcal.

Q: Is mung beans high in folate?

Yes. Beans, mung, whole, dried, raw have 0.14 mg folate per 100 g, 70 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Q: Which vitamins and minerals do mung beans have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: folate (0.14 mg, 70 %), potassium (1250 mg, 63 %) and phosphorus (360 mg, 51 %) per 100 g.

Q: Are mung beans a good source of protein?

Beans, mung, whole, dried, raw have 23.9 g protein per 100 g, 32 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.

What’s in an 80 g portion

About a third of a portion is carbohydrate, 1.2 g of it sugars and 32.7 g starch.

0.88 gFat

19.1 gProtein

37 gCarbohydrate

8 gFibre

8.8 gWater

6.2 gMinerals and the rest

0.88 gFat
19.1 gProtein
37 gCarbohydrate
8 gFibre
8.8 gWater
6.2 gMinerals and the rest

Above average for beans and lentils

Mung beans are 279 kcal per 100 g. The 65 beans and lentils in this database average 154.

Mung beans279

Beans and lentils average154

Low in sugar, almost no salt

Low sugars and very low salt by UK labelling rules, per 100 g.

Sugars, per portion1.2 g

Salt, per portion0.02 g

Vitamins and minerals in mung beans

Ten of the 19 reach the “high in” level, led by folate.

56 %

Folate

0.112 mg in an 80 g portion

11th of 52 beans and lentils

Folate contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to normal blood formation and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

Potassium1000 mg50 %

Phosphorus288 mg41 %

Copper0.38 mg38 %

Iron4.8 mg34 %

Magnesium120 mg32 %

Also high in

A source of

Only a trace

Vitamin C

None recorded

Vitamin D
Vitamin B12

Show all 19 with amounts

Folate0.112 mg, 56 %

Potassium1000 mg, 50 %

Phosphorus288 mg, 41 %

Copper0.38 mg, 38 %

Iron4.8 mg, 34 %

Magnesium120 mg, 32 %

Manganese0.64 mg, 32 %

Niacin (vitamin B3)4.7 mg, 30 %

Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.29 mg, 26 %

Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.5 mg, 25 %

Selenium0.0128 mg, 23 %

Vitamin B60.3 mg, 22 %

Zinc2.2 mg, 22 %

Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.21 mg, 15 %

Calcium71.2 mg, 8.9 %

Chloride9.6 mg, 1.2 %

Vitamin A0.0032 mg, <1 %

Vitamin Dnone recorded

Vitamin B12none recorded

Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.

What mung beans don’t give you. And where to find it.

No recorded vitamin D, vitamin C or vitamin B12.

Vitamin D

0mgin mung beans

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Vitamin C

Tracein mung beans

Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g

Vitamin B12

0mgin mung beans

Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g

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Mung beans against other beans and lentils

Mung beans come second for folate here, just behind beans (chick peas, Kabuli, whole, dried, raw).

0.18mg

0.14mg

0.132mg

0.062mg

0.045mg

0.042mg

Beans, chick peas, Kabuli, whole, dried, raw+0.04 mg

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Black gram, chilki urad dahl, split, dried, raw−0.008 mg

Dahl, mixed−0.078 mg

Beans, red kidney, canned in water, re-heated, drained−0.095 mg

Houmous−0.098 mg

All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against mung beans.

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Questions about mung beans

Four questions chosen by the facts above, so every food answers differently.

How many calories are in a portion of mung beans?

A typical portion (80 g, a portion of cooked beans) gives 223 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 279 kcal.

Is mung beans high in folate?

Yes. Beans, mung, whole, dried, raw have 0.14 mg folate per 100 g, 70 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.

Which vitamins and minerals do mung beans have most of?

By share of the daily reference intake: folate (0.14 mg, 70 %), potassium (1250 mg, 63 %) and phosphorus (360 mg, 51 %) per 100 g.

Are mung beans a good source of protein?

Beans, mung, whole, dried, raw have 23.9 g protein per 100 g, 32 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.

How these numbers were made

Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 13-096, Beans, mung, whole, dried, raw, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Vegetables, Herbs and Spices Supplement, 1991. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a portion is 80 g, a portion of cooked beans, the usual UK portion for beans and lentils. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 65 beans and lentils kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.