Organic beans 500 gr.Gran Canaria region

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  At just under 30 kcal per 100 g, green beans are low in calories and almost free of fat and cholesterol. They offer a variety of minerals, vitamins and trace elements, especially potassium, magnesium, zinc and vitamin C and the B vitamins

   

  The green bean is believed to come from America, more specifically from the Mexico and Peru area. Nevertheless, various historians claim that the bean comes from Asia, China or India. It is undoubtedly that with their cultivation around 5000 BC. BC began. This vegetable was one of the first foods that Europeans got to know when they arrived in America. The introduction to Spain and later to the rest of Europe went hand in hand with the expeditions to America that took place in the sixteenth century. However, it was not consumed as a vegetable before the nineteenth century, before it was only grown for its seeds.

   

  Unlike other foods from America, green beans quickly became very popular in Europe. Today, beans are one of the most valued and consumed vegetables. Consumption has increased significantly in both Spain and the rest of Europe in recent years.