The Healthiest Legumes

Legumes 2010 Table

Rank	Product	Antioxidant content
Notes: Antioxidant content in FRAP mmol/100 g.
1	Broad beans, green	1.97
2	Berlotti beans	1.96
3	Broad beans, split	1.64
4	Kidney beans, striped, large size, dry	1.61
5	Kidney beans, medium size, dry	1.39
6	Soyatein (protein rich soya)	1.32
7	Pinto beans, dried	1.18
8	Pinto beans	1.15
9	Lentils, Posune	1.14
10	Lentils, green	1.00
11	Soy beans, white, small size, dry	0.99
12	Blue beans, cooked	0.98
13	Blue beans	0.85
14	Chinese broad bean paste	0.85
15	Soy beans, Red Bean (Soja rouge)	0.82
16	Kidney beans, dry	0.81
17	Kidney beans, large size	0.81
18	Black eye beans, haricot blance	0.75
19	Lentils, black with peel	0.66
20	Chickpeas, small size	0.57
21	Navy beans, dry	0.57
22	Moung Dal, with peel	0.53
23	Black eyes beans, white, medium size, dry	0.50
24	Black eye beans, white, cornille	0.47
25	Edamame, frozen	0.47
26	Edamame, frozen, prepared	0.43
27	Navy beans	0.38
28	Beans, white, large size, haricotes lingots Blanc	0.36
29	Urid Dal Split	0.36
30	Lentils, Toor Dal, yellow	0.35
31	Lentils, Masoor‐Dal Sabat, dark brown, with peel	0.34
32	Mung beans	0.34
33	Beans, red, canned, boiled	0.33
34	Soy milk with chocolate, Alpro Soya	0.30
35	Kidney beans, canned, light red	0.27
36	Kidney beans, canned, light red, cooked	0.26
37	Peas	0.26
38	Soy milk, chocolate, enriched with vitamins A, D & calsium	0.25
39	Lentils, red	0.23
40	Chickpeas	0.21
41	Flageolets beans, green, canned, boiled	0.20
42	Pinto beans, dried, cooked	0.19
43	Lentils, Cole‐Dal, yellow, split	0.16
44	Lentils, white, split, Maa‐Dal	0.16
45	Lentils, Moong‐Dal, yellow, split	0.15
46	Peas, regular, canned, drained liquid	0.13
47	Peas, yellow, split	0.12
48	Peas, regular, canned, drained solids, heated	0.11
49	Navy beans, dry, cooked	0.11
50	Peas, regular, canned, drained solids	0.11
51	Peas, baby, canned, drained liquid	0.11
52	Lentils, Masoor‐Dal, pink, without peel	0.10
53	Mung beans, peeled	0.10
54	Soy milk, vanilla, enriched with vitamins A, D & calsium	0.10
55	Tofu naturell	0.09
56	Soy milk, ecological	0.08
57	Soy milk, Soy dream original	0.07
58	Soy milk, original, enriched with vitamins A, D & calsium	0.05
59	Tofutti, creamy smooth	0.05
60	Peas, baby, canned, drained solids	0.01

Source:

The total antioxidant content of more than 3100 foods, beverages, spices, herbs and supplements used worldwide. Carlsen MH, Halvorsen BL, Holte K, Bøhn SK, Dragland S, Sampson L, Willey C, Senoo H, Umezono Y, Sanada C, Barikmo I, Berhe N, Willett WC, Phillips KM, Jacobs DR Jr, Blomhoff R. Nutr J. 2010 Jan 22; 9:3.