BROWN LENTILS

Lentils Nutrition Facts

The lentil (which has the scientific name Lens culinaris) is a member of the legume plant family and is considered an edible pulse. Lentils grow on a bushy annual plant that produces the edible lens-shaped seeds within pods.

One cup of cooked lentils has about:

• 230 calories
• 18 grams protein
• 15 grams of fiber
• 3.5 grams sugar
• less than 1 gram fat
• 358 milligrams folate (90 percent DV)
• 1 milligram manganese (49 percent DV)
• 6.6 milligrams iron (37 percent DV)
• 356 milligrams phosphorus (36 percent DV)
• 0.5 milligrams copper (25 percent DV)
• 0.5 milligrams thiamine (22 percent DV)
• 731 milligrams potassium (21 percent DV)
• 71 milligrams magnesium (18 percent DV)
• 0.4 milligrams vitamin B6 (18 percent DV)
• 2.5 milligrams zinc (17 percent DV)
• 1.3 milligrams vitamin B5/pantothenic acid (13 percent DV)