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Cultivation

Fresh market consumption of bean

Phaseolus vulgaris L.

Fresh consumption of beans involves the use of immature pods or seeds at the technical maturity stage, as opposed to grain-type forms. Varieties in this category must have succulent pods free of a tough parchment layer and fibers.

In the reference 284 varieties crop Common bean, where this is mentioned in the description.

For common bean, the fresh consumption category refers to the use of immature pods or whole string beans, including the pod walls. This group includes snap or sugar bean varieties. They differ from grain-type forms, where only mature seeds are consumed after the pods have fully ripened and dried.

The primary morphological requirement for such varieties is the complete absence of a parchment layer in the pod walls and coarse fiber along the sutures, which makes the product suitable for whole-pod culinary processing. The pods must be succulent and snap easily at the technical maturity stage, when the seeds reach the size of a wheat grain. There are also forms where the succulent, fully formed seeds extracted from the pods are consumed.

The term refers to the state of the product prior to culinary processing, rather than the method of consumption. Raw bean pods contain toxic substances, such as lectins and glucosides; therefore, fresh use of the product always requires subsequent heat treatment.

General information about the subject — on the page Fresh market use.

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Varieties of Common bean mentioned in the description

Selection based on the description text, not on official evaluation: these data are absent from registers. For specific variety details, please refer to its profile.

Ileana

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

AGROSEL S.R.L.

RO
3 records

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

RANALLI PAOLO

IT
3 records

Idaho refugee

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Graines Baumaux (FR)

FR
3 records

Kinghorn

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Domaine Public (FR)

FR
2 records

Timgad

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Seminis Vegetable Seeds

NL
3 records

Tangier

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

KWS VEGETABLES B.V.

NL
3 records

Sondela

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

AGROSEL S.R.L.

RO
3 records

Maxigold

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
3 records

Stentor

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Gautier Semences SAS (FR)

FR
2 records

Saba

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Krakowska Hodowla i Nasiennictwo Ogrodnicze POLAN sp. z o.o.

PL
4 records

Marinica

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

STOIAN LUCIANAMBARUS SILVICA

RO
2 records

Lot

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Storm Seeds B.V.

NL
2 records

Clarion

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

KWS Vegetables Netherlands B.V.

NL
3 records

Sixta

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Dr. Barb Neubert

DE
4 records

Elektra

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
2 records

Folinda

Application submitted

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel B.V.

NL
3 records

Barianec

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Semenarna Ljubljana, SI

SI
3 records

Fori

Terminated

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

WAVEREN| van Waveren Saaten GmbH

DE ES
3 records

Thomisa

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Van Waveren Saaten GmbH

NL
3 records

Scossa

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

OLTER SRL

IT
2 records

Grillon

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Gautier Semences SAS (FR)

FR
2 records

Uniwersa

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

PLANTICO HODOWLA I NASIENNICTWO OGRODNICZE ZIELONKI SP. Z O.O.

PL
3 records

Flajoly

Active

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

Bean International Research and Development-Bird (FR)

FR
3 records

Phaseolus vulgaris L. · Common bean

AGROSEL S.R.L.

RO
3 records

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