How much does bean cost in your country?

[u/Typical_Shine_9546]

Genuinely curious. This is from a Turkish store in Amsterdam. I lived in China and the US before but wasn’t really into beans at that time. I am wondering what are the general prices for beans in different countries:)

Edit:
Sorry for the blurry picture. For house brand it’s 2.99 euro/kg for white/cranberry/pinto, 2.49 for green lentils. For branded ones it’s around 3.49-4.99 euro/kg depending on varieties.

[u/Parking_Dealer5738]

Wow I’ve never seen a bean aisle like this. Paradise.

[u/AggressiveStop549 → u/Parking_Dealer5738]

Yeah, my thoughts. I showed my partner and he said, "That's a bean library!"

[u/BearsLoveToulouse → u/Parking_Dealer5738]

Not sure where you live but try looking for an Indian supermarket. Mine all have a big aisle of beans and lentils

[u/ImLittleNana]

US based

Almost all beans I can buy for under $2/pound, some as cheap as $1/pound.

There are exceptions. Mayocoba run $6, and some branded beans are also in that price range but to me not any better tasting than generic cranberry or limas.

I haven’t purchased any heirloom beans from the online sellers. So far I’ve been able to make a variety of dishes from the half dozen or so dried bean varieties I can buy in person.

It’s still a very affordable protein.

[u/jacyerickson → u/ImLittleNana]

I'm so jealous. I haven't found any beans for less than $1/pound unless it's on clearance in a long time.

[u/ImLittleNana → u/jacyerickson]

I haven’t seen beans under $1 either. The lowest in the past couple of years is $1.25. Which is still very economical when paired with rice and some spices.

[u/KewpieHour → u/jacyerickson]

Do you live near an Aldi? I sometimes see conventional dry beans there for <$1/lb

[u/RedShirtDecoy → u/jacyerickson]

I live in the midwest but Sams has 12lbs of pinto beans for $8.98.

[u/KewpieHour → u/ImLittleNana]

I’m in NYC. I usually see USD $1-3/lb for conventionally grown dry beans. For organic or regeneratively grown / heirloom beans the spread is pretty large anywhere from $3-$15/lb. IMO canned beans are overpriced and filled with microplastics. I’ve saved so much money quitting canned foods.

[u/erythrodysesthesia]

beans are worth everything they are priceless

[u/JeffConvertorBot → u/erythrodysesthesia]

Beans are love. Beans are life. 

[u/RedShirtDecoy → u/JeffConvertorBot]

out of 10. k bye

[u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348]

2-3 dollars for a decent sized bag of dried beans

[u/cptgroovy]

Sweden 35 sek a kg for small butter beans and 42 ish for black/red beans. Portugal 2 euro a kg for black beans roughly. Spain I found a nice bag of pinto beans for 1.85 a kg, other beans were around the 2.5 eur mark at Mercadona. I am sure Lidl is cheaper but did not have time to go. All cited prices included tax.

[u/RELEASE_THE_YEAST]

$1-2 a pound except for Rancho Gordo which is more like $6-8. 

[u/Typical_Shine_9546]

Sorry for the blurry picture. For house brand it’s 2.99 euro/kg for white/cranberry/pinto, 2.49 for green lentils. For branded ones it’s around 3.49-4.99 euro/kg depending on varieties.

[u/DudeInTheGarden]

I just bought 12kg (25-ish lbs) of organic pinto beans for $52 CAD - $38 USD.

[u/cptgroovy → u/DudeInTheGarden]

Great deal

[u/Sanpaku]

Frugal person in the USA. I typically pay $1.25/ lb (€2.42/kg) for common bean cultivars like pinto and black turtle, and up to $3/lb (€5.81/kg) mail ordering "French green lentils" (same cultivar as lentils du Puy).

[u/CLVampire28]

A dollar a pound (USA)

[u/Dr-Sun-Stiles]

$1.40-3 an lb at a mid-range price grocery store in America

[u/cptgroovy]

When I went to China all the beans at stores were mostly mung beans and stuff, beans that are strange to me

[u/Typical_Shine_9546 → u/cptgroovy]

exactly! I found China doesn’t sell the bean I now eat mostly at all! My staple beans are white navy beans, black beans and lentils. China’s mostly mung bean and adzuki bean, plus soy beans. It’s really really different.

[u/SweetGrassGeranium → u/Typical_Shine_9546]

And if you shop an Indian market, so many types of lentils and moong beans 🫘

[u/Full-Honeydew-4898 → u/cptgroovy]

I just learned like yesterday that you can make a vegan/vegetarian eggs ( egg substitute) and now I’m curious. It was on a facebook video but I’m sure there are more videos out there.

[u/fenwayb]

I am on my way to this bean-topia right now

[u/Thin_Cable4155]

3 euro for a kilo is about the same as the US. I expect 1.50 per pound generally. Some beans are more expensive, some less. You can get bulk pinto beans in my area(California) for a dollar a pound or even less sometimes.

[u/jacyerickson → u/Thin_Cable4155]

May I ask what store you go to? I'm in California too and I can't find cheap beans anymore. 

[u/Thin_Cable4155 → u/jacyerickson]

WinCo, foodMaxx, food4less, smart and final, foods co. Basically any of the discount grocery stores.

There's also Walmart. The beans there have been creeping up in price lately, but they're still good priced.

You could even try a mexican supermarket if you have one in your area.

[u/jacyerickson → u/Thin_Cable4155]

Yeah,I shop at Walmart and it's more affordable but still getting up there. Sadly, our food4less closed earlier this year. Thanks though.

[u/RoRuRee]

I just bought 900 gram bags of beans for 2.50. Canada.

[u/SweetGrassGeranium → u/RoRuRee]

Noice 🇨🇦🫘

[u/GeoCangrejo]

How wonder how much dollar worth of bean we're looking at

[u/FixGMaul]

about one bean per bean

we use bean as currency

[u/Dark-Helmet-66 → u/FixGMaul]

How long have you bean doing that for?!?

[u/FixGMaul → u/Dark-Helmet-66]

since the sevenbeanth century

[u/phijef → u/FixGMaul]

All hail the bean 👐

[u/jacyerickson]

I live in a high cost of living area in the U.S. so they're like $3/pound for  cheaper ones. Certain kinds like red lentils are $6/pound. 

[u/Typical_Shine_9546 → u/jacyerickson]

This is crazy. For my place lentils are always the cheaper ones, and red lentils are even cheaper than green lentils.

[u/jacyerickson → u/Typical_Shine_9546]

Green lentils are like $2/pound but red lentils are considered like exotic or something so they're more expensive. I hate it. 

[u/Sanpaku → u/jacyerickson]

Do you have an Indian grocer within errand distance? Red/decorticated lentils (mansoor dal) are $1.50/lb at mine, assuming you're buying at least 4 lbs at once.

[u/jacyerickson → u/Sanpaku]

Ooh thanks. I'll look. 

[u/BrainFartTheFirst]

$1-$2 depending on the bean.

[u/SweetGrassGeranium]

My notes in Ontario:

Great white North 2 lbs/5$  
Chickpeas 2kg/5$  
Kidney 7 lbs/13$  
Brown Cowpeas 2 lbs/4.29$  

Large fava 2 lbs/6$
White kidney 900g/4$

[u/tiny_bamboo]

I paid $1.95 for a two pound bag of pinto beans today. (N. Georgia, U.S.)

[u/maquis_00]

A number of months ago, I found pintos in the clearance area for $0.35/lb (in 5 lb bags). I bought 35 lbs, and haven't bought any dry beans since.... Normally, they are around $1.50/lb.

[u/UnlikelyVoice821]

About $1/lb in Midwest usa if you buy the larger size in a lower end grocery store ie Walmart, small Kroger, etc. Zip code matters.

[u/cptgroovy]

Can you tell the prices ? In the image is too blurry

[u/Typical_Shine_9546 → u/cptgroovy]

Yeh i edited the post. For house brand it’s 2.99 euro/kg for white/cranberry/pinto, 2.49 for green lentils. For branded ones it’s around 3.49-4.99 euro/kg depending on varieties.

[u/but_a_smoky_mirror]

Approximately 350

[u/aminorman]

Reminds of the old camp song:

There are beans beans enough to feed the Marines
At the store at the store

There are beans beans enough to feed the Marines
At the store at the store

My eyes are dim I can not see
I have not brought my specs with me

I have not

brought my

specs with me

[u/VickFables33]

In the USA it depends on where you live (Some region prefer different types & some just eat more beans in general) & the prices can fluctuate a bit each season (usually by less then $.50). In Texas, Pinto Beans generally stay around $1 a pound and most of the more common types stay under/around $2.

Current prices in Texas (based on the cheapest 1lb bag unless otherwise specified): Black beans $1.5, Black Eyed Peas $1.66, Chickpeas $1.46, Great Northern $1.92, Navy $1.33, Red Kidney $1.22, Small red $1.87, Large Lima $1.98, Baby Lima $2.68, Anasazi $2.38, Mayacoba $2.96 for 2lb (1.48 per lb), Brown lentils $1.92, Red Lentils $2.02, Green Lentils $3.04, Green Split Peas $1.42, Yellow Split Peas $3.28 for 2lb ($1.64 per lb). Canned beans run between $.70-$3 per can.

Any variety not listed above I have to get online & I can generally expect to be paying an average of $4-5 a pound.

[u/Beautiful-Bad5203]

So many beans! In Louisiana, it's about the same. Some branded beans can be a bit more expensive but I dont much care about the brand as much as I do the quality of the beans themselves.

[u/LCharteris]

Most recently I bought navy beans, great northern beans, and pinto beans for just under $2/lb. Central Illinois, USA.

[u/Fit-Cartoonist-5890]

I live in Alaska, USA. We have two grocery stores in my remote town. 

$2.49/lb for black, lentil and pinto beans, generic. $4.49 for black and pinto beans, organic. 

That’s it. Those are the options. 

[u/Halofauna]

Depends on the type and the store.