Use this brand for cooking - great in tacos, soups, chili, spaghetti sauces and on salads.  Usually rinse these for use.  These are a great way to extend dishes (like meat-bean-vegetable) taco filling.  Beans are a good source of protein - 7g in 1/2 cup.  This brand tastes good.  One issue to consider, however, is 1/2 cup contains 19% of your daily salt allowance.  That is a lot of sodium.  If it's the only salt you eat all day, it's probably fine.  The company makes a low-sodium variety, so may want to sample that.