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Crackers vs. Baking powder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are crackers and baking powder different?

  • Crackers have more vitamin K, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, vitamin B3, and folate; however, baking powder is richer in calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
  • Baking powder covers your daily need for calcium, 576% more than crackers.
  • Baking powder contains less saturated fat.
  • Baking powder has a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of baking powder is 92, while the glycemic index of crackers is 63.

Crackers, standard snack-type, regular and Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate types were used in this article.

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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 13% 36% 10% 151% 35% 13% 106% 95% 64% 37%
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 PotassiumPotassium +490%
Contains more CopperCopper +940%
Contains more ZincZinc +4800%
Contains less SodiumSodium -93.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +4363.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +3250%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +50%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +4796.7%
Contains more IronIron +173.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +783.5%

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.
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% 61% 0% 104% 105% 82% 25% 15% 0% 173% 69% 5.2%
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 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 C ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Crackers Baking powder DV% diff.
Calcium 120mg 5876mg 576%
Sodium 726mg 10600mg 429%
Phosphorus 248mg 2191mg 278%
Polyunsaturated fat 13.137g 0g 88%
Iron 4.03mg 11.02mg 87%
Vitamin K 69.3µg 0µg 58%
Fats 26.43g 0g 41%
Vitamin B1 0.416mg 0mg 35%
Vitamin B2 0.456mg 0mg 35%
Vitamin B3 4.352mg 0mg 27%
Saturated fat 5.562g 0g 25%
Folate 92µg 0µg 23%
Calories 510kcal 53kcal 23%
Manganese 0.491mg 0.011mg 21%
Starch 49.69g 20%
Vitamin E 3.03mg 0mg 20%
Monounsaturated fat 6.553g 0g 16%
Protein 6.64g 0g 13%
Selenium 6.7µg 0.2µg 12%
Carbs 61.3g 27.7g 11%
Copper 0.104mg 0.01mg 10%
Vitamin B5 0.417mg 0mg 8%
Fiber 2.3g 0.2g 8%
Vitamin B6 0.063mg 0mg 5%
Zinc 0.49mg 0.01mg 4%
Potassium 118mg 20mg 3%
Choline 9.6mg 0mg 2%
Magnesium 18mg 27mg 2%
Net carbs 59g 27.5g N/A
Sugar 8.18g 0g N/A
Trans fat 1.076g N/A
Tryptophan 0.084mg 0%
Threonine 0.193mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.246mg 0%
Leucine 0.471mg 0%
Lysine 0.103mg 0%
Methionine 0.112mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.331mg 0%
Valine 0.294mg 0%
Histidine 0.145mg 0%
Fructose 0.29g 0%
Omega-3 - ALA 1.485g N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid 0.062g N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid 0.009g N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid 11.48g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
7% 26% 61% 3% 2%
Protein: 6.64 g
Fats: 26.43 g
Carbs: 61.3 g
Water: 3.14 g
Other: 2.49 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 CarbsCarbs +121.3%
Contains more WaterWater +59.2%
Contains more OtherOther +2602.8%

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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. Crackers - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174982/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.

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.