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Are Kidney and baked beans Low FODMAP?

High FODMAP

Avoid during elimination. Save for a structured reintroduction challenge.

Safe serving

Kidney and baked beans: none. Canned black beans: about 1/4 cup

FODMAP group responsible

  • GOS — Oligosaccharides. Galacto-oligosaccharides — legumes, pulses and some nuts.
  • Fructans — Oligosaccharides. Wheat, onion, garlic. The most common trigger and the hardest to avoid.

Why

Kidney beans and baked beans are high in GOS at almost any portion, and baked beans add a sauce that usually contains onion. Canned black beans are the most tolerable of the group at around a quarter cup drained.

What to use instead

  • Canned lentils

    Low FODMAP at 1/2 cup drained and closer to a usable portion.

This entry is compiled from published Monash-aligned guidance rather than our own laboratory testing, and thresholds are revised as new data arrives. For the elimination phase the Monash app is the authority. See the full food list for how the categories fit together, orcheck another food.

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