Full of beans.Our Best Bites contain no more than 480 milligrams of sodium sodium, a metallic chemical element; symbol Na [Lat. natrium]; at. no. 11; at. wt. 22.98977; m.p. 97.81°C;; b.p. 892.9°C;; sp. gr. 0.971 at 20°C;; valence +1. Sodium is a soft, silver-white metal. and one gram of saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid. The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be . They also have at least four grams of fiber. Within each category, products are ranked from least to most sodium, then most to least fiber, then least to most calories.
Full of Beans
Refried Beans (about 1/2 cup) Calories Fiber
(grams)
[check] [check] Bearitos Organic Low
Fat No Salt Added 140 9
[check] [check] Eden Organic (1) 100 7
[check] [check] Trader Joe's Fat Free
Black with Jalapeno
Peppers 120 6
[check] [check] Trader Jose's Fat Free
Salsa Style Pinto 120 6
[check] [check] Fantastic Instant 130 8
[check] [check] Casa Fiesta 120 7#
[check] [check] Casa Fiesta Black or
Spicy (2) 120 7
[check] [check] Allens 150 6
[check] [check] ShariAnn's Organic (1) 110 4
Old El Paso with
Sausage * 200 4
[check] [check] Casa Fiesta with Green
Chili 130 8
[check] [check] Taste Adventure
Instant (1) 140 8
[check] [check] Walnut Acres
Organic (1) 120 7
Amy's Organic (1) 140 6
La Costena Black or
Pinto (2) * 170 8
Goya Chunky Pinto * 130 4
[check] [check] Casa Fiesta with Bacon
Flavor 150 8
[check] [check] Knorr Black or Red (2) 130 6
[check] [check] Goya Casero Black 150 8
[check] [check] Taco bell Home
Originals Fat Free 110 6
[check] [check] Goya Traditional Pinto 140 7
Bush's Best Fat Free
or Traditional (2) 140 7
Allens Fat Free Black 120 8
Goya Rancheros Pinto 150 7
Rosarita Authentic
Homestyle Flavor * 140 4
Rosarita Traditional
or Vegetarian (2) 100 5
Bearitos Organic Low
Fat, except No Salt
Added (1) 140 8
Bearitos Organic Fat
Free (1) 110 7
Taco bell Home
Originals Vegetarian 140 7
Old El Paso with Green
Chiles 100 6
Old El Paso Vegetarian 100 6
Rosarita Low Fat Black 90 5
Ortega (1) 140 9
Rosarita No Fat Green
Chile & Lime 90 5
Old El Paso Fat Free
or Traditional (2) 100 6
Rosarita Spicy
Jalapeno 100 6
Rosarita No Fat
Traditional or Zesty
Salsa (2) 90 5
Old El Paso with
Cheese * 120 5
Old El Paso Fat Free
Spicy 100 6
Rice or Pasta & Bean Mixes (about 1 cup prepared--includes 1 tsp.
oil, unless noted)
RiceSelect Royal Blend
Texmati with Red
Rice & Beans 200 3
RiceSelect Royal Blend
Texmati with Red
Rice & Lentils 200 1
[check] [check] Bean Cuisine Pasta &
Beans (1) 200 5
Taste Adventure Lentil
& Rice Bombay Curry
(no oil added) 150 3
Taste Adventure Santa
Fe Fiesta Black
Beans & Rice, New
Orleans Style
Jambalaya, or
Rissotto Style Pasta
Pesto (no oil added)
(2) 160 4
[check] [check] RiceSelect Chef's
Originals Smokey
Cowboy Beans & Rice 220 4
[check] [check] Casbah Lentil Pilaf 190 6
Goya Rice & Black
Beans or Red Rice &
Red Beans (2) 200 3
Grace Caribbean Combos
Rice & Blackeye Peas 200 2
Grace Caribbean Combos
Rice & Pigeon Peas 200 2
Grace Caribbean Combos
Rice & Red Kidney
Beans 200 2
Seeds of Change
Organic Cajun Style
Rice & Red Beans 220 3
Near East Lentil Pilaf 220 8
Goya Rice & Pigeon
Beans 200 5
Near East Tomato
Lentil Couscous 230 3
Seeds of Change
Organic Tuscan Style
Rice & Beans 220 2
Zatarain's Ready-to-
Serve Red Beans &
Rice (no oil added) * 320 6
Manischewitz Lentil
Pilaf 200 5
Goya Rice & Pinto Beans 200 2
Grandma Maud's Beans
Meals (1) 200 7
Vigo Red Beans & Rice 230 4
Manischewitz Rice &
Beans 170 4
Seeds of Change
Organic Caribbean
Style Rice & Black
Beans or Moroccan
Lentil Rice Pilaf (2) 220 3
Lipton Cajun Sides Red
Beans & Rice 330 4
Mahatma Red Beans &
Rice 230 6
Vigo Rice & Lentil
Pilaf 230 4
Goya Rice & Black
Peas * 210 4
Glory Caribbean Style
Black Beans and Rice
(no oil added) 180 4
Success Red Beans &
Rice 280 8
Mahatma Black Beans &
Rice 240 5
Vigo Black Beans& Rice 230 5
Vigo Santa Fe Pinto
Beans & Rice 240 3
Zatarian's Red Beans
& Rice 220 4
Margaret Holmes Ready
Recipes Red Beans and
Rice or Blackeye Peas
and Rice (no oil
added) (2) 180 5
Zatarian's Black Beans
& Rice 270 5
Rice-A-Roni Red Beans
& Rice 280 5
Glory Southern Style
Blackeye Peas and
Rice or New Orleans
Style Red Beans and
Rice (no oil added)
(2) 180 7
Indian Bean Dishes (1/2 package, unless noted)
[check] [check] Kohinoor Dal Palak (1/3
pkg.) 110 4
[check] [check] Tasty Bite Vegetable
Supreme & Basmati
Rice (1 pkg.) 320 11
Tasty Bite Bombay
Potatoes 110 3
[check] [check] Deep Indian Gourmet Dal
Masala Curry 200 7
[check] [check] Tasty Bite Bengal
Lentils 160 8
[check] [check] Kohinnor Pindi Chana
Masala (1/3 pkg.) 180 N/A
Kohinnor Kashmiri
Rajma (1/3 pkg.) 170 N/A
[check] [check] Deep Indian Gourmet
Chhole 180 7
Tasty Bite Madras
Lentils * 130 5
Deep Indian Gourmet Dal
Makhani * or Undhui *
(2) 160 3
[check] [check] Kohinoor Peshawari Dal
Makhani (1/3 pkg.) 150 N/A
[check] [check] Kohinoor Amritsari
Cholle (1/3 pkg.) 170 N/A
Tasty Bite Sprouts
Curry& Bastami Rice
(1 pkg.) 360 12
Tasty Bite Rajma Masala 140 6
Tasty Bite Beans Masala
& Basmati Rice
(1 pkg.) 430 13
Tamarind Tree Alu Chole
(1 pkg.) 350 9
Tasty Bite Spinach Dal
& Basmati Rice
(1 pkg.) 370 8
Tasty Bite Jodhpur
Lentils * 110 7
Tamarind Tree Dal
Makhani (1 pkg.) * 330 14
Tamarind Tree Channa
Dal Masala (1 pkg.) 340 10
Classic Ashoka Chatpate
Choley 190 4
Classic Ashoka Dal
Makhani * or Shahi
Rajma (2) 200 N/A
Kohinoor Dal Tadka (1/3
pkg.) 130 N/A
Tamarind Tree Saag
Chole (1 pkg.) 370 13
Patak's Rice Tomato &
Onion Vegetable Curry
with Rice (1 pkg.) 290 5
Patak's Rice Creamy
Coconut Vegetable
Curry with Rice
(1 pkg.) * 400 5
Falafel Mixes (1/4 cup dry mix, sauteed in 1 Tbs. oil)
Manischewitz 230 2
[check] [check] Fantastic 240 6
Casbah 260 2
Near East 220 5
Bean Salads (1/2 cup)
[check] [check] Trader Joe's Marinated
Bean Salad 140 6
Green Giant Three Bean
Salad 90 4
S&W Dill Garden Salad 50 3
S&W Marinated Mixed
Bean Salad 90 6
S&W Deli Bean Salad 90 6
Bean Soup Mixes (about 1 cup prepared)
[check] [check] Streit's Variety
Vegetable, low sodium 100 4
[check] [check] Trader Joe's Southwest
Lentils & Brown Rice 100 4
[check] [check] Hurt's HamBeens Pinto
Beans 120 6
[check] [check] Hurt's HamBeens Great
Northerns 120 11
[check] [check] Streit's Barley
Mushroom, low sodium 110 5
Manischewitz Vegetable
with Mushrooms 120 3
[check] [check] Bean Cuisine (1) 170 6
Hurst's HamBeens Chili
15 Bean * 240 9
[check] [check] Hurst's HamPeas Green
Split Peas 160 4
[check] [check] Hurst's HamBeens 15
Bean or Cajun 15 Bean
(2) 180 9
[check] [check] Streit's Split Pea 130 5
[check] [check] Hurst's HamBeens
Spanish-American
Black Bean 150 8
Hurst's HamBeens Navy
Bean 140 11
Lysander's Bean Bag 160 7
Hurst's Garlic & Herb
Lentils 150 5
Hurst's HamBeens
Confetti Lentil
Soupreme * 260 6
Fantastic Split Pea 130 6
Lysander's Lentil or
Minestrone (2) 280 12
Hurst's PastaBeens
Pasta Fagioli 130 10
Alessi Zuppa Toscana
Tuscan White Bea 150 7
Manischewitz Hearty
Bean with Seasoning 120 6
Vigo Collard Green or
Spanish Bean (2) 160 8
Alessi Pasta Fazool
Neopolitan Bean 140 6
Alessi Lenticche
Sicilian Lentil 150 5
Streit's Minestrone 130 4
Manischewitz Homestyle
18 Bean 180 7
Uncle Ben's Black Beans
& Rice Hearty Soup 150 7
Manischewitz Homestyle
Hearty 3 Bean Lentil 200 15
Lysander's Black or
Navy Bean (2) 200 9
Alessi Spaccarelli
Sicilian Split Pea 120 5
Lysander's Yellow Split
Pea 280 16
Vigo Black Bean 150 9
Lysander's Black-Eyed
Peas 220 6
Manischewitz Split Pea
with Barley 110 3
Lysander's Great
Northern or Spanish
Bean (2) 240 8
Lysander's Bean Bag
Chili or Split Pea
(2) 210 11
Bear Creek Minestrone 110 2
Manischewitz Lentil or
Homestyle Split Pea
(2) 160 3
Lysander's Cajun Red
Beans 230 8
Manischewitz Four Bean
with Seasoning 110 6
Bear Creek Navy Bean
or Tortilla (2) 120 4
Manischewitz Split Pea
with Seasoning 140 3
Manischewitz Homestyle
Mediterranean Black
Bean 250 5
Refried Beans (about 1/2 cup) Sodium
(milligrams)
[check] [check] Bearitos Organic Low
Fat No Salt Added 10
[check] [check] Eden Organic (1) 180
[check] [check] Trader Joe's Fat Free
Black with Jalapeno
Peppers 200
[check] [check] Trader Jose's Fat Free
Salsa Style Pinto 240
[check] [check] Fantastic Instant 330
[check] [check] Casa Fiesta 330
[check] [check] Casa Fiesta Black or
Spicy (2) 330
[check] [check] Allens 360
[check] [check] ShariAnn's Organic (1) 360
Old El Paso with
Sausage * 360
[check] [check] Casa Fiesta with Green
Chili 370
[check] [check] Taste Adventure
Instant (1) 400
[check] [check] Walnut Acres
Organic (1) 400
Amy's Organic (1) 420
La Costena Black or
Pinto (2) * 430
Goya Chunky Pinto * 440
[check] [check] Casa Fiesta with Bacon
Flavor 450
[check] [check] Knorr Black or Red (2) 450
[check] [check] Goya Casero Black 460
[check] [check] Taco bell Home
Originals Fat Free 460
[check] [check] Goya Traditional Pinto 480
Bush's Best Fat Free
or Traditional (2) 490
Allens Fat Free Black 500
Goya Rancheros Pinto 510
Rosarita Authentic
Homestyle Flavor * 510
Rosarita Traditional
or Vegetarian (2) 520
Bearitos Organic Low
Fat, except No Salt
Added (1) 530
Bearitos Organic Fat
Free (1) 530
Taco bell Home
Originals Vegetarian 530
Old El Paso with Green
Chiles 550
Old El Paso Vegetarian 560
Rosarita Low Fat Black 560
Ortega (1) 570
Rosarita No Fat Green
Chile & Lime 570
Old El Paso Fat Free
or Traditional (2) 580
Rosarita Spicy
Jalapeno 630
Rosarita No Fat
Traditional or Zesty
Salsa (2) 630
Old El Paso with
Cheese * 630
Old El Paso Fat Free
Spicy 760
Rice or Pasta & Bean Mixes (about 1 cup prepared--includes 1 tsp.
oil, unless noted)
RiceSelect Royal Blend
Texmati with Red
Rice & Beans 10
RiceSelect Royal Blend
Texmati with Red
Rice & Lentils 10
[check] [check] Bean Cuisine Pasta &
Beans (1) 230
Taste Adventure Lentil
& Rice Bombay Curry
(no oil added) 250
Taste Adventure Santa
Fe Fiesta Black
Beans & Rice, New
Orleans Style
Jambalaya, or
Rissotto Style Pasta
Pesto (no oil added)
(2) 340
[check] [check] RiceSelect Chef's
Originals Smokey
Cowboy Beans & Rice 340
[check] [check] Casbah Lentil Pilaf 440
Goya Rice & Black
Beans or Red Rice &
Red Beans (2) 470
Grace Caribbean Combos
Rice & Blackeye Peas 480
Grace Caribbean Combos
Rice & Pigeon Peas 480
Grace Caribbean Combos
Rice & Red Kidney
Beans 550
Seeds of Change
Organic Cajun Style
Rice & Red Beans 560
Near East Lentil Pilaf 630
Goya Rice & Pigeon
Beans 640
Near East Tomato
Lentil Couscous 670
Seeds of Change
Organic Tuscan Style
Rice & Beans 670
Zatarain's Ready-to-
Serve Red Beans &
Rice (no oil added) * 700
Manischewitz Lentil
Pilaf 700
Goya Rice & Pinto Beans 700
Grandma Maud's Beans
Meals (1) 730
Vigo Red Beans & Rice 730
Manischewitz Rice &
Beans 750
Seeds of Change
Organic Caribbean
Style Rice & Black
Beans or Moroccan
Lentil Rice Pilaf (2) 750
Lipton Cajun Sides Red
Beans & Rice 760
Mahatma Red Beans &
Rice 790
Vigo Rice & Lentil
Pilaf 810
Goya Rice & Black
Peas * 860
Glory Carribean Style
Black Beans and Rice
(no oil added) 900
Success Red Beans &
Rice 920
Mahatma Black Beans &
Rice 930
Vigo Black Beans& Rice 950
Vigo Santa Fe Pinto
Beans & Rice 950
Zatarian's Red Beans
& Rice 970
Margaret Holmes Ready
Recipes Red Beans and
Rice or Blackeye Peas
and Rice (no oil
added) (2) 1,020
Zatarian's Black Beans
& Rice 1,080
Rice-A-Roni Red Beans
& Rice 1,120
Glory Southern Style
Blackeye Peas and
Rice or New Orleans
Style Red Beans and
Rice (no oil added)
(2) 1,360
Indian Bean Dishes (1/2 package, unless noted)
[check] [check] Kohinoor Dal Palak (1/3
pkg.) 260
[check] [check] Tasty Bite Vegetable
Supreme & Basmati
Rice (1 pkg.) 410
Tasty Bite Bombay
Potatoes 410
[check] [check] Deep Indian Gourmet Dal
Masala Curry 420
[check] [check] Tasty Bite Bengal
Lentils 440
[check] [check] Kohinnor Pindi Chana
Masala (1/3 pkg.) 440
Kohinnor Kashmiri
Rajma (1/3 pkg.) 450
[check] [check] Deep Indian Gourmet
Chhole 460
Tasty Bite Madras
Lentils * 460
Deep Indian Gourmet Dal
Makhani * or Undhui *
(2) 470
[check] [check] Kohinoor Peshawari Dal
Makhani (1/3 pkg.) 480
[check] [check] Kohinoor Amritsari
Cholle (1/3 pkg.) 480
Tasty Bite Sprouts
Curry& Bastami Rice
(1 pkg.) 540
Tasty Bite Rajma Masala 590
Tasty Bite Beans Masala
& Basmati Rice
(1 pkg.) 600
Tamarind Tree Alu Chole
(1 pkg.) 620
Tasty Bite Spinach Dal
& Basmati Rice
(1 pkg.) 650
Tasty Bite Jodhpur
Lentils * 660
Tamarind Tree Dal
Makhani (1 pkg.) * 670
Tamarind Tree Channa
Dal Masala (1 pkg.) 700
Classic Ashoka Chatpate
Choley 700
Classic Ashoka Dal
Makhani * or Shahi
Rajma (2) 700
Kohinoor Dal Tadka (1/3
pkg.) 710
Tamarind Tree Saag
Chole (1 pkg.) 800
Patak's Rice Tomato &
Onion Vegetable Curry
with Rice (1 pkg.) 900
Patak's Rice Creamy
Coconut Vegetable
Curry with Rice
(1 pkg.) * 990
Falafel Mixes (1/4 cup dry mix, sauteed in 1 Tbs. oil)
Manischewitz 320
[check] [check] Fantastic 370
Casbah 530
Near East 560
Bean Salads (1/2 cup)
[check] [check] Trader Joe's Marinated
Bean Salad 410
Green Giant Three Bean
Salad 490
S&W Dill Garden Salad 560
S&W Marinated Mixed
Bean Salad 620
S&W Deli Bean Salad 670
Bean Soup Mixes (about 1 cup prepared)
[check] [check] Streit's Variety
Vegetable, low sodium 10
[check] [check] Trader Joe's Southwest
Lentils & Brown Rice 10
[check] [check] Hurt's HamBeens Pinto
Beans 60
[check] [check] Hurt's HamBeens Great
Northerns 70
[check] [check] Streit's Barley
Mushroom, low sodium 70
Manischewitz Vegetable
with Mushrooms 70
[check] [check] Bean Cuisine (1) 240
Hurst's HamBeens Chili
15 Bean * 270
[check] [check] Hurst's HamPeas Green
Split Peas 280
[check] [check] Hurst's HamBeens 15
Bean or Cajun 15 Bean
(2) 340
[check] [check] Streit's Split Pea 470
[check] [check] Hurst's HamBeens
Spanish-American
Black Bean 480
Hurst's HamBeens Navy
Bean 490
Lysander's Bean Bag 510
Hurst's Garlic & Herb
Lentils 530
Hurst's HamBeens
Confetti Lentil
Soupreme * 540
Fantastic Split Pea 580
Lysander's Lentil or
Minestrone (2) 640
Hurst's PastaBeens
Pasta Fagioli 660
Alessi Zuppa Toscana
Tuscan White Bea 660
Manischewitz Hearty
Bean with Seasoning 660
Vigo Collard Green or
Spanish Bean (2) 670
Alessi Pasta Fazool
Neopolitan Bean 680
Alessi Lenticche
Sicilian Lentil 690
Streit's Minestone 700
Manischewitz Homestyle
18 Bean 710
Uncle Ben's Black Beans
& Rice Hearty Soup 720
Manischewitz Homestyle
Hearty 3 Bean Lentil 740
Lysander's Black or
Navy Bean (2) 740
Alessi Spaccarelli
Sicilian Split Pea 740
Lysander's Yellow Split
Pea 750
Vigo Black Bean 750
Lysander's Black-Eyed
Peas 760
Manischewitz Split Pea
with Barley 780
Lysander's Great
Northern or Spanish
Bean (2) 800
Lysander's Bean Bag
Chili or Split Pea
(2) 830
Bear Creek Minestrone 850
Manischewitz Lentil or
Homestyle Split Pea
(2) 870
Lysander's Cajun Red
Beans 900
Manischewitz Four Bean
with Seasoning 900
Bear Creek Navy Bean
or Tortilla (2) 950
Manischewitz Split Pea
with Seasoning 990
Manischewitz Homestyle
Mediterranean Black
Bean 1,030
[check] [check] ("Best" refers to sodium, saturated fat, and fiber,
not taste.)
(1) average of the entire line.
(2) average of the varieties listed.
* contains at least 2 grams of saturated fat.
# CSPI estimate.
N/A not available (number on the package is an underestimate).
Daily Values (daily limits for a 2,000-calorie diet): Total
Fat: 65 grams.
Saturated Fat: 20 grams. Fiber: 25 grams. Sodium: 2,400 milligrams.
Sources: manufacturers and U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The use of information from this article for commercial purposes is
strictly prohibited without written permission from CSPI.
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