Black and pinto beans are both known for their nutritional value, but differ both in colour and nutritional value.
Pinto beans have spotted or ‘painted’ coloration. Their color resembles the markings seen in pinto horses. They have dark reddish-brown marks on a brownish background. This gives pinto beans a spotted or a ‘painted’ appearance.
When pinto beans are cooked, they lose this coloration and change to a pinkish colour. These beans were introduced to Europe for the first time in during the 15th century.
Black beans, also known as turtle beans, are a shiny-black in color. Â They were first used in South America about 7,000 years ago .
The major difference between pinto and black beans is in their nutritional value. Black beans are known to be more nutritious than pinto beans and contain more antioxidants than pinto beans. Black beans also have an edge over pinto beans when it comes to fiber content.
In comparison to pinto beans, black beans are higher in protein and also come with low levels of cholesterol.
Though both pinto and black beans contain molybdenum, manganese, iron, folate, vitamin B1, magnesium, phosphorous, copper and potassium, black beans are known to contain more of each than pinto beans. This richness of nutritional content in black beans is what makes them a better choice than pinto beans.
When comparing taste and flavor, black beans provide a rich and hearty taste and flavor.
Summary
- Pinto beans have dark reddish-brown marks on a brownish background. This gives pinto beans a spotted or a ‘painted’ appearance.
- Black beans, also known as turtle beans, are shiny-black in colour.
- The richness of nutritional content in black beans is what makes them a better choice than pinto beans.
- Black beans are packed with more antioxidants than pinto beans. Black beans have the edge over pinto beans when it comes to fiber content, too.
- Black beans have a rich and hearty taste and flavor.
- Though both pinto and black beans contain molybdenum, manganese, iron, folate, vitamin B1, magnesium, phosphorous, copper and potassium, black beans contain more of these than pinto beans.
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Thanks for the post, I was thinking that maybe I should be choosing Pinto – mostly because I always choose Black. Therefore they must be worse for me, right?
I’d like to mention though that as non-animal products they both have zero cholesterol. You mention that black beans have “low levels of cholesterol”. Well that’s true, since zero is low. But they both have zero. (Cholesterol is a substance made only by animals and therefore not in any non-animal product.)
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So black beans taste better and are more nutritious. I don’t know why they offer pinto beans at all.
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Article only needed to be one sentence: black beans taste like chalky crap, pinto beans are great.
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“In comparison to pinto beans, black beans are higher in protein and also come with low levels of cholesterol”
No beans contain cholesterol, ever. Only foods sourced from animals contain cholesterol.
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Pintos have more potassium than black. They have exactly the same fiber content. Where they do differ, the difference is very small at less than 3% of the various nutrients, with the exception of potassium where pinto’s have 30% more of that mineral.
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