FOOD CALORIES · BEANS & LENTILS

Calories in black beans

A cup of cooked black beans (172 g) has about 227 calories, with 15.2 g protein, 40.8 g carbohydrate, and 0.9 g fat.

USDA FoodData Central · Black beans, cooked, boiled, without salt · Updated September 30, 2026

Calories in common portions

Black beans: calories and macros by portion
PortionWeightCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
100 g100 g1328.9 g23.7 g0.5 g
1 cup, cooked172 g22715.2 g40.8 g0.9 g

Where the calories come from

Protein 26.2%Carbohydrate 70.2%Fat 3.6%

Shares use 4 calories per gram for protein and carbohydrate and 9 for fat, so they may not match USDA’s calorie total exactly. Try the macro calculator.

Good to know

  • A cooked cup provides about 15.2 g of protein and 15 g of fiber.
  • These beans were cooked from dry without salt. Canned beans usually contain added sodium, so use the can’s label for them.

Compare per 100 g

Black beans compared with similar foods, per 100 g
FoodCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
Black beans (this page)1328.9 g23.7 g0.5 g
Lentils1169 g20.1 g0.4 g
Chickpeas1648.9 g27.4 g2.6 g

Source

USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy (April 2019): Beans, black, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt (FDC ID 173735) ↗. Values are per 100 g of edible portion; Calorify scaled them to each portion and rounded the results.

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