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Ready Red Kidney Beans — Steam-Cooked, Nothing Added (180g)
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Product Description
Product Description
Buttery, deep red, and cooked with nothing but steam
Red kidney beans are the fuller, rounder cousin of the black-eyed bean, and they behave very differently on a plate. 3 Alfa steams them and seals them with nothing else in the bag. No water, no brine, no salt, no preservatives, no colourings. The ingredient list is one line long: 100% red kidney beans.
The flavour is distinctly buttery, softer and rounder than most pulses, with a skin that stays firm and a deep red that holds. That matters more than it sounds. These colour a salad without bleeding into it, and they survive a slow chilli where a wetter, softer bean would collapse. Because no salt was ever added and there is no liquid in the pack, what reaches the plate is the bean itself.
This is the strongest label of the four. Red kidney beans are high in fibre, at 13.8g per 100g, which puts the full bag close to a whole day's reference intake for an adult. They are high in protein, at 10.5g per 100g, and high in potassium, at 675mg per 100g. They are a source of iron and of phosphorus, they are salt-free, and they are low in sugars. All of that from a single ingredient.
How to use it
- Straight from the bag: they are already cooked. Open it and eat them.
- In a salad, where they add colour and structure without turning to paste.
- In chilli and Mexican cooking, folded in near the end since they need no further cooking.
- As a side: warm them for two minutes in a pan with olive oil and a pinch of your own salt.
- Never microwave the bag itself. Empty the beans into a suitable dish first, then heat.
Nutritional Components
Nutritional Components
One ingredient, and the strongest label of the range.
There is no water in this bag, which is the whole point. A bean packed in brine shares its label with the liquid around it, and the numbers per 100g are diluted accordingly. These are steam-cooked with nothing added, so every figure below is the bean's own.
What the bag actually gives you:
- High in fibre: 13.8g per 100g, around 25g in the full 180g bag. The EU daily reference intake for an adult is 25g.
- High in protein: 10.5g per 100g, around 19g in the full bag, entirely from the beans.
- High in potassium: 675mg per 100g, 33.8% of the EU reference intake.
- Source of phosphorus and iron: 198mg of phosphorus (28.3% of the reference intake) and 2.51mg of iron (17.9%) per 100g.
- Salt free, low in sugars: 0g of salt and 1.3g of sugars per 100g. Nothing was added, so there is nothing to remove.
- No preservatives, no colourings: the bag is sealed in a protective atmosphere, and that alone carries the shelf life.
Average values per 100g:
- Energy: 574 kJ / 137 kcal
- Fat: 0.9 g, of which saturates: 0.2 g, monounsaturates: 0.1 g, polyunsaturates: 0.6 g
- Carbohydrate: 14.8 g, of which sugars: 1.3 g
- Fibre: 13.8 g
- Protein: 10.5 g
- Salt: 0 g
- Iron: 2.51 mg (17.9%)
- Phosphorus: 198 mg (28.3%)
- Potassium: 675 mg (33.8%)
Per 120g portion: 689 kJ / 164 kcal, with 16.6g of fibre and 12.6g of protein. The bag contains around 1.5 portions.
Ingredients: 100% red kidney beans, steam-cooked. No allergens.
Percentages refer to the reference intake of an average adult (8400 kJ / 2000 kcal). With a single plant ingredient and nothing else, these beans are suitable for vegan and vegetarian cooking.
Useful Information
Useful Information
Storage guide: a cooked bean that lives in the cupboard until you open it.
The beans are steam-cooked and sealed in a protective atmosphere, with no water and no preservatives in the bag. That is what keeps them stable for 18 months at room temperature. Once the seal is broken the protective atmosphere is gone, and the beans behave like any freshly cooked pulse: they go in the fridge.
How to store it correctly:
- Before opening: a dry cupboard, away from direct light. No refrigeration is needed.
- Never microwave the bag: this pack must not go into a microwave, not even when opened. Empty the beans into a suitable dish first, then heat.
- Warming them: two minutes in a pan is enough. They are already cooked, so you are warming them, not cooking them.
- After opening: keep the beans in the fridge and eat them within 3 days.
Freshness timeline:
- Unopened: 18 months from production. The date is printed on the bag.
- Opened and refrigerated: up to 3 days. Cover them or transfer them to a sealed container.
- Warmed: eat straight away. There is no reason to reheat a bean twice.
Product details:
- Format: sealed bag, around 1.5 portions, cooked and ready to eat
- Net weight: 180g
- Origin: Athens, Greece
- Producer: 3 Alfa
- Allergens: none
- Suitable for: vegan and vegetarian diets
- Shelf life: 18 months
Why is the fibre number so high
Compare this label with a tin of kidney beans in brine, and the difference will look implausible. It is not. A tinned bean shares its 100g with the liquid it sits in, and the liquid contributes no fibre, no protein, and no potassium, only salt. Steam cooking removes the liquid from the equation entirely, so the values you read here are the beans' own, undiluted. That is the whole reason a single 180g bag gets close to a full day's fibre.
Nothing was added, and it turns out that is the most valuable thing about it.
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