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Is green beans (fresh / frozen) low FODMAP?

Free · green up to 200 g
Eaten on its own, this food stays green up to 200 g, turns orange up to 400 g, and red above that.

How much?

0 g200 g400 g600 g +
Green : 0 – 200 gOrange : 200 – 400 gRed : > 400 g

FODMAPs in this food

  • Fructans0 g per 100 g
  • Sorbitol0.1 g per 100 g
  • Mannitol0 g per 100 g

Fructans, found mainly in wheat, rye, onion and garlic. Sorbitol, a polyol found in some fruit and in sweeteners. Mannitol, a polyol found in mushrooms, cauliflower and some sweeteners.

Your whole meal, added up

In a meal, the FODMAPs of every food add up: a green serving can tip the meal into orange. FODMAP Scanner scans your products in the shop and works out the FODMAPs of your whole meal, green beans (fresh / frozen) included.

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Sources

Reliability: value taken from a scientific source.

  • Anses (2025). Table de composition nutritionnelle des aliments Ciqual 2025 (fructose, glucose, lactose, polyols totaux). doi:10.57745/RDMHWY. Licence Ouverte Etalab.
  • Evaluation of FODMAP carbohydrates content in selected foods in the United States (2018). Article en libre accès PMC6063767.
  • Ferjančič B. et al. (2024). Fructan content in most commonly consumed Slovenian foods and estimation of daily fructan consumption. Front Nutr 11:1446771. doi:10.3389/fnut.2024.1446771

Cut-offs per meal: Varney J. et al. (2017), J Gastroenterol Hepatol 32(S1):53-61. Colours apply to the food eaten on its own, for a person without specific tolerances.

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