Green Beans

Green Beans

History

Green beans and other beans, such are kidney beans, navy beans and black beans are all known scientifically as Pharsalus vulgarisms. They are all referred to as “common beans,” probably owing to the fact that they all derived from a common bean ancestor that originated in Peru. From there, they spread throughout South and Central America by migrating Indian tribes. They were introduced into Europe around the 16th century by Spanish explorers returning from their voyages to the New World, and subsequently were spread through many other parts of the world by Spanish and Portuguese traders. Today, the largest commercial producers of fresh green beans include Argentina, China, Egypt, France, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Italy, France, Mexico, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States.

Green beans nutrition facts:

Principle	Nutrient Value	Percentage of RDA
Energy	31 Kcal	1.5%
Carbohydrates	7.13 g	5.5%
Protein	1.82 g	3%
Total Fat	0.34 g	1%
Cholesterol	0 mg	0%
Dietary Fiber	3.4 g	9%
Vitamins
Folates	37mcg	9%
Niacin	0.752 mg	5%
Pantothenic acid	0.094 mg	2%
Pyridoxine	0.074 mg	5.5%
Riboflavin	0.105 mg	8%
Thiamin	0.084 mg	7%
Vitamin A	690 IU	23%
Vitamin C	16.3 mg	27%
Vitamin K	14.4 mcg	12%
Electrolytes
Sodium	6 mg	0.4%
Potassium	209 mg	5.5%
Minerals
Calcium	37 mg	3.7%
Iron	1.04 mg	13%
Magnesium	25mg	6%
Manganese	0.214mg	9%
Phosphorus	38 mg	6%
Zinc	0.24 mg	2%
Phyto-nutrients
Carotene-ß	379 mcg	—
Carotene-α	69 mcg	—
Lutein-zeaxanthin	640 mcg	—

Egyptian Green Beans with Carrots

Calories	80	Sodium	0 mg
Total Fat	4 g	Potassium	0 mg
Saturated	0 g	Total Carbs	10 g
Polyunsaturated	0 g	Dietary Fiber	3 g
Monounsaturated	0 g	Sugars	0 g
Trans	0 g	Protein	2 g
Cholesterol	1 mg
Vitamin A	0%	Calcium	0%
Vitamin C	0%	Iron	0%

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Top Producers Of Green Beans & Top exports

According to FAOSTAT , the top producers of green bean in 2011.

Rank	Country	Production (MT)
1	China	15,714,579
2	Indonesia	883,802
3	India	617,869
4	Turkey	614,948
5	Egypt	305,561
6	Thailand	301,070
7	Italy	163,725
8	Spain	152,507
9	Morocco	120,612
10	Bangladesh	94,756

What’s New and Beneficial about Green Beans

Because of their rich green color, we don’t always think about green beans as providing us with important amounts of colorful pigments like carotenoids. But they do! Recent studies have confirmed the presence of lutein, beta-carotene, violaxanthin, and neoxanthin in green beans. In some cases, the presence of these carotenoids in green beans is comparable to their presence in other carotenoid-rich vegetables like carrots and tomatoes. The only reason we don’t see these carotenoids is because of the concentrated chlorophyll content of green beans and the amazing shades of green that it provides.
You can enjoy green beans while supporting food sustainability! Recent surveys have shown that 60% of all commercially grown green beans are produced in the United States, with large amounts of green bean acreage found in the states of Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Although countries like France, Mexico, Iraq, and Argentina are large-scale producers of green beans, there is plenty of this delicious vegetable available in our own backyard.
If you are unable to obtain fresh green beans, you can still get many valuable nutrients from green beans that have been frozen or canned. We like fresh greens the best! But we realize that access to them can sometimes be a problem. When first frozen and then cooked, retention of some B vitamins in green beans (like vitamins B6 and B2) can be as high as 90%. Recent studies have shown that canned green beans, on average, lose about one third of their phenolic compounds during the canning process. They lose B vitamins as well but in the case of some B vitamins like folic acid, as little as 10%.
Green beans (referred to as “string beans” by the study authors) have recently been shown to have impressive antioxidant capacity. Research comparing the overall antioxidant capacity of green beans to other foods in the pea and bean families (for example, snow peas or winged beans) has found green beans to come out on top, even though green beans are not always highest in their concentration of specific antioxidant nutrients like phenolic acids or vitamin C. It’s not surprising to find recent studies highlighting the antioxidant capacity of green beans! Researchers now know that the list of antioxidant flavonoids found in green beans is not limited to quercetin and kaemferol but also includes flavonoids like catechins, epicatechins, and procyanidins. Researchers also know that the antioxidant carotenoids in this vegetable are diverse, and include lutein, beta-carotene, violaxanthin, and neoxanthin, as noted above.
Green beans may be a particularly helpful food for providing us with the mineral silicon. This mineral—while less well known that minerals like calcium and magnesium—is very important for bone health and for healthy formation of connective tissue. Green beans have recently been shown to stack up quite well against other commonly-eaten foods as a good source of absorbable silicon.

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