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Lime vs. Baking powder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are lime and baking powder different?

  • Lime has more vitamin C, fiber, and copper; however, baking powder is richer in calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
  • Baking powder covers your daily need for calcium, 584% more than lime.
  • Baking powder contains less sugar.
  • Baking powder has a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of baking powder is 92, while the glycemic index of lime is 32.

Limes, raw 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.
Lime
5
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 4.3% 9.9% 9% 23% 22% 3% 7.7% 0.26% 1% 2.2%
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 +410%
Contains more CopperCopper +550%
Contains more ZincZinc +1000%
Contains less SodiumSodium -100%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +100%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +350%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +17706.1%
Contains more IronIron +1736.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +12072.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +37.5%

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.
Lime
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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 97% 0.67% 4.4% 0% 7.5% 4.6% 3.8% 13% 9.9% 0% 1.5% 6% 2.8%
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 CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
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 D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Lime Baking powder DV% diff.
Calcium 33mg 5876mg 584%
Sodium 2mg 10600mg 461%
Phosphorus 18mg 2191mg 310%
Iron 0.6mg 11.02mg 130%
Vitamin C 29.1mg 0mg 32%
Fiber 2.8g 0.2g 10%
Copper 0.065mg 0.01mg 6%
Carbs 10.54g 27.7g 6%
Magnesium 6mg 27mg 5%
Vitamin B5 0.217mg 0mg 4%
Vitamin B1 0.03mg 0mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.043mg 0mg 3%
Vitamin B2 0.02mg 0mg 2%
Potassium 102mg 20mg 2%
Folate 8µg 0µg 2%
Vitamin K 0.6µg 0µg 1%
Choline 5.1mg 0mg 1%
Vitamin B3 0.2mg 0mg 1%
Calories 30kcal 53kcal 1%
Vitamin E 0.22mg 0mg 1%
Protein 0.7g 0g 1%
Zinc 0.11mg 0.01mg 1%
Fats 0.2g 0g 0%
Net carbs 7.74g 27.5g N/A
Sugar 1.69g 0g N/A
Vitamin A 2µg 0µg 0%
Selenium 0.4µg 0.2µg 0%
Manganese 0.008mg 0.011mg 0%
Saturated fat 0.022g 0g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.019g 0g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.055g 0g 0%
Tryptophan 0.003mg 0%
Lysine 0.014mg 0%
Methionine 0.002mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Lime
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11% 88%
Protein: 0.7 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 10.54 g
Water: 88.26 g
Other: 0.3 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 +1665.2%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +162.8%
Contains more OtherOther +22333.3%

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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. Lime - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168155/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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