Group · Vegetables
Yellow wax beans
The yellow wax bean (haricot beurre in French) is a green bean with a yellow pod: you eat the whole pod, tender and stringless, just like the green bean. It is a vegetable, not a dried pulse. Boiled, it provides just 35 kcal per 100 g, with 89.6 g of water, 2.7 g of fibre and barely 0.3 g of fat. Its mild flavour and soft texture make it an easy side dish, from summer to early autumn.
Macronutrient breakdown
Nutrition table per 100 g
| Calories | 35 kcal |
| Kilojoules | 147 kJ |
| Protein | 2,2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 4,5 g |
| Fat | 0,3 g |
| Fibre | 2,7 g |
Micronutrients per 100 g
All measured nutrients, ranked by share of the daily reference intake.
- Manganese0,35 mg18 %
- Copper0,13 mg13 %
- Potassium210 mg11 %
- Vitamin C7,57 mg9 %
- Iron0,99 mg7 %
- Calcium56 mg7 %
- Magnesium26 mg7 %
- Phosphorus43 mg6 %
- Vitamin B9dietary folate equivalents39,7 µg
See the other 11 nutrients
- Vitamin K13,88 µg5 %
- Vitamin B20,05 mg4 %
- Vitamin B10,04 mg4 %
- Total omega-30,09 g4 %
- Omega-3 ALA0,07 g4 %
- Zinc0,34 mg3 %
- Vitamin E0,31 mg3 %
- Vitamin B30,36 mg2 %
- Vitamin B50,12 mg2 %
- Vitamin A6,23 µg1 %
- Omega-6 LA0,07 g1 %
Anses Ciqual 2025. Source: Anses, 2025, Ciqual food composition table
Tips
Nutrition facts. Per 100 g cooked, yellow wax beans provide 2.19 g of protein, 4.45 g of carbohydrate of which 2.2 g sugars, 0.3 g of fat and 2.7 g of fibre. They also supply 210 mg of potassium, 56 mg of calcium and 39.7 µg of folate. A 150 g portion gives about 53 kcal and 4 g of fibre: it is a low-calorie, filling vegetable, very close to the green bean.
Cooking. Top and tail them, then steam them or cook them in boiling salted water for 8 to 12 minutes, depending on whether you prefer them crunchy or soft. Short, gentle cooking better preserves their colour and vitamins, as our guide to gentle cooking explains.
Ideas for eating them. In a warm salad with a drizzle of olive oil and a shallot, stir-fried with garlic and parsley, or as a side with meat or fish. They go well with green beans for a two-colour plate.
- Storage: fresh, 2 to 3 days in the salad drawer of the fridge; they freeze well after blanching for a few minutes.
- Weight control: at 35 kcal per 100 g, they are an ally for light plates; just watch out for added butter or cream.
For variety, explore other vegetables and compare their intakes using the food calorie table.