Rice cakes vs. Corn chips — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between rice cakes and corn chips

Rice cakes have more manganese, vitamin B3, copper, phosphorus, vitamin B5, magnesium, and selenium; however, corn chips are higher in calcium.
Rice cakes cover your daily manganese needs 254% more than corn chips.
Corn chips contain 10 times less vitamin B3 than rice cakes. Rice cakes contain 8.096mg of vitamin B3, while corn chips contain 0.842mg.
Rice cakes have less sodium.
The glycemic index of rice cakes is higher.

Food varieties used in this article are Snacks, rice cakes, brown rice, buckwheat and Snacks, corn-based, extruded, chips, plain.

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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.

Rice cakes

Corn chips

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+109.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+107.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+276.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+93.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+95.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-77.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1755.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+115.8%

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+1154.5%

~equal in Iron ~1.2mg

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.

Rice cakes

Corn chips

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+19.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+32.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+861.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+510.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+162.5%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+28.5%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Manganese	6.18mg	0.333mg	254%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.11g	16.438g	102%
Vitamin E		7.23mg	48%
Fats	3.5g	33.36g	46%
Vitamin B3	8.096mg	0.842mg	45%
Copper	0.38mg	0.101mg	31%
Phosphorus	380mg	194mg	27%
Starch		51.36g	21%
Monounsaturated fat	1.11g	9.134g	20%
Vitamin B5	1.16mg	0.19mg	19%
Magnesium	151mg	72mg	19%
Saturated fat	0.64g	4.331g	17%
Sodium	116mg	514mg	17%
Selenium	16.4µg	7.6µg	16%
Calcium	11mg	138mg	13%
Zinc	2.5mg	1.29mg	11%
Calories	380kcal	538kcal	8%
Carbs	80.1g	56.9g	8%
Protein	9g	6.17g	6%
Vitamin K		6.3µg	5%
Potassium	299mg	144mg	5%
Vitamin B6	0.13mg	0.167mg	3%
Folate	21µg	8µg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.103mg	0.078mg	2%
Choline		12.1mg	2%
Fiber	3.8g	4g	1%
Vitamin B1	0.056mg	0.047mg	1%
Iron	1.14mg	1.2mg	1%
Net carbs	76.3g	52.9g	N/A
Sugar		0.27g	N/A
Vitamin A	0µg	3µg	0%
Trans fat		0.088g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.125mg	0.046mg	0%
Threonine	0.34mg	0.246mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.358mg	0.235mg	0%
Leucine	0.638mg	0.803mg	0%
Lysine	0.414mg	0.185mg	0%
Methionine	0.152mg	0.137mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.399mg	0.322mg	0%
Valine	0.489mg	0.331mg	0%
Histidine	0.218mg	0.2mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA		0.006g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.264g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.006g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.013g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.007g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		16.036g	N/A