Fondant icing vs. Baking powder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison
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How are fondant icing and baking powder different?
- Fondant icing contains less calcium, phosphorus, iron, and magnesium than baking powder.
- Baking powder covers your daily need for calcium, 587% more than fondant icing.
- Baking powder has a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of baking powder is 92, while the glycemic index of fondant icing is 43.
Candies, fondant, prepared-from-recipe 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.
Contains more ZincZinc | +300% |
Contains less SodiumSodium | -99.9% |
Contains more SeleniumSelenium | +200% |
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium | +∞% |
Contains more CalciumCalcium | +195766.7% |
Contains more PotassiumPotassium | +400% |
Contains more IronIron | +110100% |
Contains more CopperCopper | +233.3% |
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus | +∞% |
Contains more ManganeseManganese | +∞% |
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.
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 | +∞% |
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 | +∞% |
All nutrients comparison - raw data values
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DV% diff. |
Calcium | 3mg | 5876mg | 587% |
Sodium | 11mg | 10600mg | 460% |
Phosphorus | 0mg | 2191mg | 313% |
Iron | 0.01mg | 11.02mg | 138% |
Carbs | 93.18g | 27.7g | 22% |
Calories | 373kcal | 53kcal | 16% |
Magnesium | 0mg | 27mg | 6% |
Copper | 0.003mg | 0.01mg | 1% |
Selenium | 0.6µg | 0.2µg | 1% |
Fiber | 0g | 0.2g | 1% |
Vitamin B2 | 0.016mg | 0mg | 1% |
Fats | 0.02g | 0g | 0% |
Net carbs | 93.18g | 27.5g | N/A |
Potassium | 4mg | 20mg | 0% |
Sugar | 88.9g | 0g | N/A |
Zinc | 0.04mg | 0.01mg | 0% |
Manganese | 0mg | 0.011mg | 0% |
Vitamin B1 | 0.005mg | 0mg | 0% |
Macronutrient Comparison
Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Protein:
0 g
Fats:
0.02 g
Carbs:
93.18 g
Water:
6.74 g
Other:
0.06 g
Protein:
0 g
Fats:
0 g
Carbs:
27.7 g
Water:
5 g
Other:
67.3 g
Contains more FatsFats | +∞% |
Contains more CarbsCarbs | +236.4% |
Contains more WaterWater | +34.8% |
Contains more OtherOther | +112066.7% |
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Protein
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