Cornbread vs. White cake — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between cornbread and white cake

White cake has less phosphorus, choline, iron, vitamin B5, vitamin B12, folate, vitamin B3, and fiber.
Cornbread covers your daily phosphorus needs 46% more than white cake.
White cake contains 57 times less cholesterol than cornbread. Cornbread contains 57mg of cholesterol, while white cake contains 1mg.
The glycemic index of cornbread is higher.

Food varieties used in this article are Bread, cornbread, dry mix, prepared with 2% milk, 80% margarine, and eggs and Cake, white, prepared from recipe with coconut frosting.

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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.

Cornbread

White cake

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+41.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+50%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+34.3%
Contains more IronIron	+59.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+103%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+458.6%

Contains less SodiumSodium	-52.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+24.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+23%

~equal in Copper ~0.067mg

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.

Cornbread

White cake

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+191.7%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+325%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+48.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+88.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+246.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+193.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+283.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+77.4%
Contains more CholineCholine	+878.3%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+10.8%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0.1mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.189mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Phosphorus	391mg	70mg	46%
Cholesterol	57mg	1mg	19%
Starch	35.66g		15%
Sodium	599mg	284mg	14%
Choline	58.7mg	6mg	10%
Iron	1.85mg	1.16mg	9%
Vitamin B5	0.579mg	0.167mg	8%
Vitamin B12	0.23µg	0.06µg	7%
Folate	55µg	31µg	6%
Vitamin B3	2.004mg	1.063mg	6%
Fiber	2.3g	1g	5%
Calcium	135mg	90mg	5%
Vitamin B1	0.19mg	0.128mg	5%
Protein	6.59g	4.4g	4%
Vitamin B6	0.085mg	0.029mg	4%
Selenium	8.7µg	10.7µg	4%
Zinc	0.67mg	0.33mg	3%
Carbs	54.46g	63.2g	3%
Vitamin A	35µg	12µg	3%
Vitamin E	0.51mg	0.12mg	3%
Manganese	0.222mg	0.277mg	2%
Saturated fat	3.732g	3.897g	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.963g	2.162g	1%
Vitamin B2	0.175mg	0.189mg	1%
Calories	330kcal	356kcal	1%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.2µg	1%
Copper	0.073mg	0.067mg	1%
Potassium	133mg	99mg	1%
Magnesium	17mg	12mg	1%
Vitamin D	0IU	8IU	1%
Fats	9.58g	10.3g	1%
Vitamin C	0.1mg	0.1mg	0%
Net carbs	52.16g	62.2g	N/A
Sugar	16.05g	57.39g	N/A
Vitamin K	3.7µg	4.1µg	0%
Trans fat	0.224g		N/A
Monounsaturated fat	3.494g	3.692g	0%
Tryptophan	0.059mg	0.054mg	0%
Threonine	0.226mg	0.157mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.265mg	0.199mg	0%
Leucine	0.658mg	0.338mg	0%
Lysine	0.324mg	0.204mg	0%
Methionine	0.157mg	0.107mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.343mg	0.228mg	0%
Valine	0.334mg	0.229mg	0%
Histidine	0.167mg	0.099mg	0%
Fructose	0.2g		0%
Omega-3 - DHA	0.007g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.076g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.003g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid	0.004g		N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.004g		N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid	0.009g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.043g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	1.726g		N/A