Soak mung beans and keep them wet for three days, you have a wonder of nature: over 200% more folate, 10 times vitamin A. The sprout is rich in vitamin C, which doesn't exist in the dry seeds.

Nutrient
Alanine 0.33 0.31
Arginine 0.65 0.48
Ash 1.46 0.98
Aspartic acid 1.59 0.86
Calcium, Ca 43.33 40.46
Carbohydrate, by difference 19.76 17.29
Cholesterol 0.00 0.00
Copper, Cu 0.54 0.28
Cystine 0.05 0.06
Energy 100.00 100.00
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated 0.07 0.02
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated 0.19 0.31
Fatty acids, total saturated 0.15 0.03
Fiber, total dietary 6.00 5.36
Folate, DFE 203.33 63.34
Folate, food 203.33 63.34
Folate, total 203.33 63.34
Folic acid 0.00 0.00
Glutamic acid 0.53 1.20
Glycine 0.21 0.30
Histidine 0.23 0.20
Iron, Fe 3.03 2.21
Isoleucine 0.44 0.37
Leucine 0.58 0.61
Lysine 0.55 0.49
Magnesium, Mg 70.00 78.29
Manganese, Mn 0.62 0.44
Methionine 0.11 0.10
Niacin 2.49 0.42
Pantothenic acid 1.26 0.26
Phenylalanine 0.39 0.43
Phosphorus, P 180.00 111.14
Phytosterols 50.00
Potassium, K 496.66 288.26
Proline 0.34
Protein 10.13 7.39
Retinol 0.00 0.00
Riboflavin 0.41 0.07
Selenium, Se 2.00 2.40
Serine 0.11 0.38
Sodium, Na 20.00 11.14
Thiamin 0.28 0.08
Threonine 0.26 0.25
Total lipid (fat) 0.60 0.48
Tryptophan 0.12 0.07
Tyrosine 0.17 0.22
Valine 0.43 0.41
Vitamin A, IU 70.00 6.74
Vitamin A, RAE 3.33 0.29
Vitamin B-12 0.00 0.00
Vitamin B-6 0.29 0.08
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid 44.00 0.00
Vitamin E 0.03
Water 301.33 3.16
Zinc, Zn 1.36 0.98
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