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Gingersnaps vs. Baking powder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Differences between gingersnaps and baking powder

  • Gingersnaps have more manganese, copper, vitamin B2, folate, vitamin B3, and vitamin B1, while baking powder has more calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
  • Baking powder's daily need coverage for calcium is 580% higher.
  • The amount of sodium in gingersnaps is lower.

The food types used in this comparison are Cookies, gingersnaps 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 35% 23% 31% 240% 102% 15% 36% 65% 203% 28%
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 +81.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +1630%
Contains more CopperCopper +2950%
Contains more ZincZinc +5400%
Contains less SodiumSodium -95.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +14036.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +2450%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +7531.2%
Contains more IronIron +72.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +2539.8%

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% 19% 0% 50% 68% 61% 23% 23% 0% 6.3% 65% 4.8%
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 Gingersnaps Baking powder DV% diff.
Calcium 77mg 5876mg 580%
Sodium 501mg 10600mg 439%
Phosphorus 83mg 2191mg 301%
Manganese 1.555mg 0.011mg 67%
Iron 6.4mg 11.02mg 58%
Copper 0.305mg 0.01mg 33%
Vitamin B2 0.293mg 0mg 23%
Folate 87µg 0µg 22%
Vitamin B3 3.235mg 0mg 20%
Calories 416kcal 53kcal 18%
Vitamin B1 0.2mg 0mg 17%
Carbs 76.9g 27.7g 16%
Fats 9.8g 0g 15%
Monounsaturated fat 5.365g 0g 13%
Saturated fat 2.451g 0g 11%
Protein 5.6g 0g 11%
Potassium 346mg 20mg 10%
Polyunsaturated fat 1.372g 0g 9%
Selenium 5.1µg 0.2µg 9%
Vitamin B6 0.098mg 0mg 8%
Fiber 2.2g 0.2g 8%
Vitamin B5 0.38mg 0mg 8%
Vitamin E 0.97mg 0mg 6%
Magnesium 49mg 27mg 5%
Zinc 0.55mg 0.01mg 5%
Vitamin K 2.5µg 0µg 2%
Choline 8.8mg 0mg 2%
Net carbs 74.7g 27.5g N/A
Sugar 19.92g 0g N/A
Tryptophan 0.08mg 0%
Threonine 0.155mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.212mg 0%
Leucine 0.38mg 0%
Lysine 0.195mg 0%
Methionine 0.094mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.263mg 0%
Valine 0.248mg 0%
Histidine 0.114mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
6% 10% 77% 5% 2%
Protein: 5.6 g
Fats: 9.8 g
Carbs: 76.9 g
Water: 5.3 g
Other: 2.4 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 +177.6%
Contains more OtherOther +2704.2%
~equal in Water ~5g

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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. Gingersnaps - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174956/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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