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Daikon vs. Baking powder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are daikon and baking powder different?

  • Daikon is higher in vitamin C, copper, folate, potassium, and fiber; however, baking powder is richer in calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
  • Daily need coverage for calcium for baking powder is 585% higher.
  • Daikon has less sodium.
  • Daikon has a lower glycemic index (32) than baking powder (92).

Radishes, oriental, raw and Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate are the varieties 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.
Daikon
6
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 11% 8.1% 20% 15% 38% 4.1% 9.9% 2.7% 5% 3.8%
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 +1035%
Contains more CopperCopper +1050%
Contains more ZincZinc +1400%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +245.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +250%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +68.8%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +21663%
Contains more IronIron +2655%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +9426.1%

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.
Daikon
9
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 73% 0% 0% 0% 5% 4.6% 3.8% 8.3% 11% 0% 0.75% 21% 4%
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 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 E ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Daikon Baking powder DV% diff.
Calcium 27mg 5876mg 585%
Sodium 21mg 10600mg 460%
Phosphorus 23mg 2191mg 310%
Iron 0.4mg 11.02mg 133%
Vitamin C 22mg 0mg 24%
Copper 0.115mg 0.01mg 12%
Carbs 4.1g 27.7g 8%
Folate 28µg 0µg 7%
Potassium 227mg 20mg 6%
Fiber 1.6g 0.2g 6%
Vitamin B6 0.046mg 0mg 4%
Magnesium 16mg 27mg 3%
Vitamin B5 0.138mg 0mg 3%
Calories 18kcal 53kcal 2%
Vitamin B1 0.02mg 0mg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.02mg 0mg 2%
Manganese 0.038mg 0.011mg 1%
Selenium 0.7µg 0.2µg 1%
Zinc 0.15mg 0.01mg 1%
Protein 0.6g 0g 1%
Vitamin B3 0.2mg 0mg 1%
Choline 7.3mg 0mg 1%
Fats 0.1g 0g 0%
Net carbs 2.5g 27.5g N/A
Sugar 2.5g 0g N/A
Vitamin K 0.3µg 0µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.03g 0g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.017g 0g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.045g 0g 0%
Tryptophan 0.003mg 0%
Threonine 0.025mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.026mg 0%
Leucine 0.031mg 0%
Lysine 0.03mg 0%
Methionine 0.006mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.02mg 0%
Valine 0.028mg 0%
Histidine 0.011mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Daikon
3
4% 95%
Protein: 0.6 g
Fats: 0.1 g
Carbs: 4.1 g
Water: 94.62 g
Other: 0.58 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 +1792.4%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +575.6%
Contains more OtherOther +11503.4%

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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. Daikon - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168451/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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