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Coconut vs. Baking powder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between coconut and baking powder

  • Coconut has more manganese, copper, fiber, selenium, and zinc; however, baking powder is higher in calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
  • Baking powder covers your daily need for calcium, 586% more than coconut.
  • The glycemic index of baking powder is higher.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Nuts, coconut meat, raw and Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 23% 4.2% 31% 91% 145% 30% 48% 2.6% 196% 55%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 19% 1763% 1.8% 413% 3.3% 0.27% 939% 1383% 1.4% 1.1%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +18.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +1680%
Contains more CopperCopper +4250%
Contains more ZincZinc +10900%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +13536.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +4950%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +41871.4%
Contains more IronIron +353.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +1838.9%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Coconut
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 11% 0% 4.8% 0% 17% 4.6% 10% 18% 12% 0% 0.5% 20% 6.6%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
Contains more CholineCholine +∞%
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Coconut Baking powder DV% diff.
Calcium 14mg 5876mg 586%
Sodium 20mg 10600mg 460%
Phosphorus 113mg 2191mg 297%
Saturated fat 29.698g 0g 135%
Iron 2.43mg 11.02mg 107%
Manganese 1.5mg 0.011mg 65%
Fats 33.49g 0g 52%
Copper 0.435mg 0.01mg 47%
Fiber 9g 0.2g 35%
Selenium 10.1µg 0.2µg 18%
Calories 354kcal 53kcal 15%
Potassium 356mg 20mg 10%
Zinc 1.1mg 0.01mg 10%
Folate 26µg 0µg 7%
Protein 3.33g 0g 7%
Vitamin B5 0.3mg 0mg 6%
Vitamin B1 0.066mg 0mg 6%
Monounsaturated fat 1.425g 0g 4%
Vitamin C 3.3mg 0mg 4%
Carbs 15.23g 27.7g 4%
Vitamin B6 0.054mg 0mg 4%
Vitamin B3 0.54mg 0mg 3%
Choline 12.1mg 0mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.366g 0g 2%
Vitamin E 0.24mg 0mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.02mg 0mg 2%
Magnesium 32mg 27mg 1%
Net carbs 6.23g 27.5g N/A
Sugar 6.23g 0g N/A
Vitamin K 0.2µg 0µg 0%
Tryptophan 0.039mg 0%
Threonine 0.121mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.131mg 0%
Leucine 0.247mg 0%
Lysine 0.147mg 0%
Methionine 0.062mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.169mg 0%
Valine 0.202mg 0%
Histidine 0.077mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
3% 33% 15% 47%
Protein: 3.33 g
Fats: 33.49 g
Carbs: 15.23 g
Water: 46.99 g
Other: 0.96 g
28% 5% 67%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 27.7 g
Water: 5 g
Other: 67.3 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +839.8%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +81.9%
Contains more OtherOther +6910.4%

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Coconut - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170169/nutrients
  2. Baking powder - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172803/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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