Adzuki beans are small red beans particularly popular in East Asian cuisine, most famously used in sweet red bean paste. They provide excellent plant protein, fibre, folate, manganese, iron, and potassium. Their natural sweetness makes them unusual among legumes and they have a lower flatulence-causing oligosaccharide content than many other beans.
Soak overnight and boil 45-60 minutes until tender; they do not require a vigorous boil to destroy toxins (unlike kidney beans). Cooked adzuki can be mashed with a little sugar into anko paste.
Where Adzuki Beans Stands Out
Macronutrients per 100g
Vitamins & Minerals
| Nutrient | Per 100g | % Daily Value* | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potassium | 1,220 mg | 61% | |
| Phosphorus | 380 mg | 54% | |
| Magnesium | 130 mg | 35% | |
| Calcium | 84.0 mg | 11% | |
| Zinc | 5.00 mg | 50% | |
| Iron | 4.20 mg | 30% | |
| Niacin (B3) | 2.60 mg | 16% | |
| Selenium | 2.00 µg | 4% | |
| Vitamin A (RE) | 2.00 µg | 0% | |
| Manganese | 1.70 mg | 85% | |
| Copper | 1.09 mg | 109% | |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.450 mg | 41% | |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.220 mg | 16% | |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.000 µg | 0% | |
| Glutamic acid | 3.58 g | — | |
| Aspartic acid | 2.19 g | — | |
| Leucine | 1.60 g | — | |
| Arginine | 1.49 g | — | |
| Lysine | 1.45 g | — | |
| Valine | 1.11 g | — | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.04 g | — | |
| Serine | 0.896 g | — | |
| Isoleucine | 0.896 g | — | |
| Proline | 0.896 g | — | |
| Alanine | 0.836 g | — | |
| Threonine | 0.776 g | — | |
| Glycine | 0.697 g | — | |
| Tyrosine | 0.697 g | — | |
| Histidine | 0.517 g | — | |
| Methionine | 0.318 g | — | |
| Cysteine | 0.299 g | — | |
| Tryptophan | 0.259 g | — | |
| Omega-3 (Alpha-linolenic acid) | 0.000 g | — | |
| Omega-6 (Linoleic acid) | 0.000 g | — |
* % Daily Value is the proportion of an adult
EU Nutrient Reference Value (NRV) supplied by 100g of this food.
NRVs are the labelling standard — the same basis as the “%RI” figures printed on
food packaging — so these percentages are directly comparable with a shop label.
They are a single adult figure and do not vary by age or sex, which is why they
sometimes differ from UK dietary reference values: the NRV for vitamin C is 80mg
where the UK RNI is 40mg. When Nutriofia assesses your own intake in the
reports and trackers, it uses the age- and sex-specific UK values instead.
Fibre is shown without a percentage. Our fibre values use the UK
Englyst NSP method, while the published 30g daily goal is an AOAC figure — the two
are measured differently and a single percentage would mislead.
How we source and normalise our data →
Phytochemicals
Bioactive plant compounds — not classified as essential nutrients but associated with a range of health benefits.