Preparing beans is a time consuming task and nowadays thousands of people decide to save their hours and buy canned beans. Although there are various brands, Isadora and La Sierra are two favorites in Mexican cuisine.
Yes ok, these products do not represent a health hazardHowever, the caloric content of each one is significant, especially if it is consumed continuously.
Therefore, the Federal Consumer Attorney (Profeco), was given the task of analyzing these brands, in order to find the best for consumption and does not harm your health.
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In its Consumer Magazinereveal the following data regarding the sodium level of each product.
PACKED REFRIED BEANS
ISADORA
⇀ Bay Refried Beans ▸ 413mg/100g
⇀ Bayo Beans (low fat) ▸ 369mg/100g
THE SAW
⇀ Refried Bayo Beans ▸ 323 mg/100g
⇀ Refried Black Beans ▸ 316 mg/100g
⇀ Bayo Beans (fat free) ▸ 365 mg/100g
In this case, the lowest levels of sodium are found in La Sierrain his presentation of Refried Black Beans.
Nutritional comparison of different brands of refried beans.
PACKED BLACK BEANS
ISADORA
⇀ Whole Light Beans ▸ 217 mg/100g
⇀ Whole Black Beans ▸ 396 mg/100g
THE SAW
⇀ Whole Bayo Beans ▸ 289 mg/100g
⇀ Whole Black Beans ▸ 310 mg/100g
However, in their presentation of Light Whole Beans, Isadora contains lower levels of sodium.
It is worth mentioning that Profeco reiterated as TRUE, the nutritional values of Isadora and La Sierra, in their low-fat presentations.
“Two products claim to be low-fat or fat-free: Isadora brand low-fat bay beans and La Sierra brand fat-free bay beans. Indeed, the fat content is only that from the bean. These products seem refried, but they are crushed”.
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Nutritional comparison of different brands of whole beans.
We measure the sodium of each product because its excess represents great damage to health; According to information provided by Profeco itself, sodium is one of the main causes of death in “non-communicable diseases”.
It deals with conditions such as diabetescardiovascular diseases, hypertension, among others, which are derived from excess sodium consumption. Even, the World Health Organization (WHO), warns that less than 2 thousand milligrams a day should be consumed, equivalent to 5 grams of salt.
