Talk:Black turtle bean

units not specified
in the table of nutritional facts, starting from carbohydrates until proteins the units are not stated, I can assume they're milligrams, but could also be grams. That information should have been added when the table was made, I'm not able to fix it as I'm not familiar with nutrition facts. 190.21.27.250 (talk) 01:07, 23 October 2016 (UTC)

Do Black Beans Contain Phytohemagglutinin?
As per the Wiki Kidney Bean article: "Raw kidney beans contain relatively high amounts of phytohemagglutinin, and thus are more toxic than most other bean varieties if not pre-soaked and subsequently heated to the boiling point for at least 10 minutes." This means that other bean varieties also contain Phytohemagglutinin, just in lesser amounts I guess. Could someone clarify in the article please?2001:569:75E1:C500:871:BC85:40B7:2366 (talk) 11:20, 1 May 2017 (UTC)BeeCier

All common beans are native to the Americas???
It says in the article: "Like all common beans, they are native to the Americas, but have been introduced around the world."

What about Vicia faba (fava beans)? - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicia_faba

It says there: "Broad beans have a long tradition of cultivation in Old World agriculture [...] In ancient Greece and Rome, beans were used in voting; a white bean was used to cast a yes vote, and a black bean for no. Even today, the word koukia (κουκιά) is used unofficially, referring to the votes. Beans were used as a food for the dead, such as during the annual Lemuria festival.[citation needed] The ancient Roman family name Fabia and the modern political term Fabian derive from this particular bean."

I think the sentence should be changed into "like most common beans, ..." --94.222.215.12 (talk) 18:15, 12 June 2018 (UTC)


 * "All common beans are native to the Americas?" — Yes: you're fundamentally misunderstanding the sentence. The specific name "common bean" (meaning phaseolus vulgaris) is introduced in the prior sentence. So the phrase "all common beans" does not mean "all beans which are commonly grown", it means "all varieties of phaseolus vulgaris". So changing it to "most common beans" would be semantically incorrect. But I've changed it a bit to try and remove the ambiguity. — tooki (talk) 22:46, 31 August 2019 (UTC)

Nutritional Info
The caption says it's about beans cooked with salt, then goes on to specify that 100g contains 237mg of sodium. That's 237mg, mind - not 236mg. No danger of spurious precision here. And surely that would depend on how much salt was used in cooking them? Perhaps we could find a NI source that actually tells you what is in black beans.

Also 'cooked, boiled' is redundant. There's no need for Wikipedia to ape the USDA's illiteracy.

And nobody serves black beans boiled with just salt; admittedly black beans are very tasty, but that wouldn't be nice. They are always seasoned with other ingredients like onions, chili etc. MrDemeanour (talk) 12:10, 4 November 2018 (UTC)

Newer reference for nutrition info
I discovered a dead link for the original web page referenced as the source for nutritional information and added an archived link to the ref. I did manage to find a new USDA source for nutritional information. However, the information could be different and I currently do not have time to check for differences between the two sources. (Plus, I'm not sure how to edit that template format.)

NOTE: Archive.org cannot seem to archive the new source because of the URL's syntax! Everything after the hash gets truncated but is needed to access the correct page. -- Ubh [ talk... contribs... ] 12:02, 31 December 2021 (UTC)


 * NOTE about the archived URL for the new source: This link works. I just tried to access a specific archived page again and the link did go to the correct page. I got an error message when I tried to access it the first time. (I'm not sure about which version of the archived page I tried to access which got the error.) I'm not sure, but there might be issues with the link getting errors for some users.-- Ubh [ talk... contribs... ] 12:44, 31 December 2021 (UTC)

"Nutritional value per 100 g" - cooked or raw?
I guess cooked but it should say 81.170.30.126 (talk) 22:03, 2 April 2023 (UTC)