Icing vs. Table salt — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between icing and table salt?

Icing is richer than table salt in vitamin B2, vitamin K, vitamin E, polyunsaturated fat, and monounsaturated fat.
Table salt's daily need coverage for sodium is 1677% more.
The amount of saturated fat in table salt is lower.
The glycemic index of table salt is lower.

We used Frostings, vanilla, creamy, ready-to-eat and Salt, table types 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.

Icing

Table salt

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+325%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-99.5%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+700%
Contains more IronIron	+106.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+∞%
Contains more ZincZinc	+42.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+∞%

~equal in Magnesium ~1mg

~equal in Selenium ~0.1µg

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.

Icing

Table salt

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 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 B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	184mg	38758mg	1677%
Polyunsaturated fat	7.951g	0g	53%
Fats	16.23g	0g	25%
Vitamin B2	0.302mg	0mg	23%
Carbs	67.89g	0g	23%
Calories	418kcal	0kcal	21%
Saturated fat	2.974g	0g	14%
Monounsaturated fat	4.86g	0g	12%
Vitamin K	13µg	0µg	11%
Vitamin E	1.53mg	0mg	10%
Manganese	0mg	0.1mg	4%
Copper	0mg	0.03mg	3%
Phosphorus	18mg	0mg	3%
Calcium	3mg	24mg	2%
Folate	8µg	0µg	2%
Iron	0.16mg	0.33mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.055mg	0mg	1%
Potassium	34mg	8mg	1%
Vitamin B3	0.22mg	0mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.01mg	0mg	1%
Net carbs	67.89g	0g	N/A
Magnesium	1mg	1mg	0%
Sugar	63.1g	0g	N/A
Zinc	0.07mg	0.1mg	0%
Selenium	0.1µg	0.1µg	0%
Choline	2.3mg	0mg	0%