Calories in pinto beans

Cooked, boiled, without salt. 143 kcal (598 kJ) per 100 g. Choose a portion below and every figure on the page updates.

Pinto beans, boiled without salt, are the speckled beans behind many Mexican and Tex-Mex dishes. They have 143 kcal (598 kJ) per 100 g, mostly from starch, plus 9 g of protein and 9 g of fibre with almost no fat. They stand out for folate and potassium, and are virtually sodium-free when cooked from dry.

Where the energy comes from

Share of total energy contributed by each macronutrient, using the standard 4/4/9 kcal per gram factors:

Things worth knowing

• One cup (171 g) has 245 kcal / 1023 kJ, about 15 g of protein and 15 g of fibre, more than half the 28 g Daily Value.
• Folate is unusually high: a cup gives about 294 µg, roughly 74% of the Daily Value, and about 745 mg of potassium (16%).
• Canned traditional refried beans list 90 kcal per 100 g, lower than boiled pintos because they contain more water, but with 370 mg of sodium. Restaurant versions cooked with lard or oil vary.
• Compared with boiled black beans (132 kcal per 100 g), pinto beans are slightly higher in energy and carbohydrate but very similar in protein and fibre.

Converting these figures

One 1 cup, cooked of pinto beans is 245 kcal, which is 1,023 kJ. To convert any other figure, divide kilojoules by 4.184 for calories, or use the converter on the home page.

It takes 167 g of pinto beans to reach 1,000 kJ (239 kcal). See how that compares with other foods on the 1000 kJ to calories page.