✦ Smooth creamy texture ✦ Plant protein and fibre ✦ Folate and iron ✦ Italian cuisine staple

Reheated drained canned cannellini beans are a ready-to-use white bean with a smooth, creamy texture and mild flavour. They provide plant protein, fibre, folate, iron, and potassium, and are a staple of Italian cooking including ribollita and pasta e fagioli.

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Preparation note

Add to soups in the last few minutes only; their cooked texture is delicate and over-simmering turns them to mush. Blend half into a soup for a creamier consistency without cream.

Sources: CoFID 2021

Macronutrients per 100g

104
kcal
Energy
7.60
g
Protein
15.9
g
Carbs
6.10
g
Fibre
1.60
g
Fat
0.70
g
Sugars
0.27
g
Saturates
0.02
g
Salt

How to read GI & GL

GI (Glycemic Index) rates how fast the carbohydrates in a food raise blood glucose compared to pure glucose (= 100). Low GI ≤ 55 means a slow, steady rise. But GI says nothing about how much carbohydrate you're actually eating.

GL (Glycemic Load) fixes that. It multiplies GI by the actual grams of carbohydrate per typical serving: GL = GI × carbs per serving ÷ 100. This makes it the more useful number for real-world blood sugar management.

Why they can disagree — a food with low GI can still carry a high GL if the serving is large and carb-dense. Conversely, watermelon has a high GI (72) but a low GL (4) because a normal portion contains very few carbs. Always read both together.

Low GL ≤ 10 Modest total glucose impact per serving.
Medium GL 11–19 Moderate impact — manageable for most.
High GL ≥ 20 Significant carb load per serving. Consider a smaller portion.

Source: Atkinson et al., International Tables of GI & GL Values 2021, Am J Clin Nutr.

Glycemic Index & Load

36
GI Score
🟢 Low GI
5
GL / Serving
Low Load

Low GI food — causes a slow, steady rise in blood sugar. Ideal for sustained energy, blood glucose control, and reducing insulin demand.

Glycemic Load (GL = GI × carbs ÷ 100) accounts for portion size. A low GL means this food has minimal real-world blood sugar impact.

Vitamins & Minerals

Nutrient Per 100g % Daily Value* Level
Potassium 299 mg 15%
Phosphorus 128 mg 18%
Calcium 93.0 mg 12%
Magnesium 33.0 mg 9%
Folate 8.00 µg 4%
Selenium 5.00 µg 9%
Niacin equivalents (NE) 2.30 mg 14%
Iron 1.90 mg 14%
Pantothenic Acid (B5) 1.30 mg 22%
Niacin (B3) 1.00 mg 6%
Zinc 0.780 mg 8%
Manganese 0.490 mg 25%
Copper 0.320 mg 32%
Vitamin E (alpha-TE) 0.120 mg 1%
Vitamin B6 0.060 mg 4%
Thiamin (B1) 0.040 mg 4%
Riboflavin (B2) 0.030 mg 2%
Vitamin B12 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin D 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin A (RE) 0.000 µg 0%
Vitamin C 0.000 mg 0%
Iodine 1.00 µg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat (PUFA) 0.800 g —
Monounsaturated fat 0.270 g —
Sucrose 0.700 g —
Fructose 0.000 g —
Glucose (dextrose) 0.000 g —
Maltose 0.000 g —
Cholesterol 0.000 mg —
Biotin (Vitamin B7) 0.200 µg 0%
Retinol (vitamin A) 0.000 µg 0%

* % 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 →

Sources: CoFID 2021
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