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Wakame vs. Baking powder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are wakame and baking powder different?

  • Wakame has more manganese, folate, copper, magnesium, vitamin B2, and vitamin B5; however, baking powder is richer in calcium, phosphorus, and iron.
  • Baking powder covers your daily need for calcium, 573% more than wakame.
  • Wakame contains less sodium.

Seaweed, wakame, 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.
Wakame
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 76% 45% 4.4% 82% 95% 10% 34% 114% 183% 3.8%
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 +296.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +150%
Contains more CopperCopper +2740%
Contains more ZincZinc +3700%
Contains less SodiumSodium -91.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +12627.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +250%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +3817.3%
Contains more IronIron +405.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +2638.8%

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.
Wakame
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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 10% 6% 20% 0% 15% 53% 30% 42% 0.46% 0% 13% 147% 7.6%
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 Wakame Baking powder DV% diff.
Calcium 150mg 5876mg 573%
Sodium 872mg 10600mg 423%
Phosphorus 80mg 2191mg 302%
Iron 2.18mg 11.02mg 111%
Manganese 1.4mg 0.011mg 60%
Folate 196µg 0µg 49%
Copper 0.284mg 0.01mg 30%
Magnesium 107mg 27mg 19%
Vitamin B2 0.23mg 0mg 18%
Vitamin B5 0.697mg 0mg 14%
Vitamin B3 1.6mg 0mg 10%
Vitamin E 1mg 0mg 7%
Carbs 9.14g 27.7g 6%
Protein 3.03g 0g 6%
Vitamin B1 0.06mg 0mg 5%
Vitamin K 5.3µg 0µg 4%
Choline 13.9mg 0mg 3%
Vitamin C 3mg 0mg 3%
Zinc 0.38mg 0.01mg 3%
Vitamin A 18µg 0µg 2%
Fiber 0.5g 0.2g 1%
Saturated fat 0.13g 0g 1%
Selenium 0.7µg 0.2µg 1%
Potassium 50mg 20mg 1%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.218g 0g 1%
Fats 0.64g 0g 1%
Calories 45kcal 53kcal 0%
Net carbs 8.64g 27.5g N/A
Sugar 0.65g 0g N/A
Vitamin B6 0.002mg 0mg 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.058g 0g 0%
Tryptophan 0.035mg 0%
Threonine 0.165mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.087mg 0%
Leucine 0.257mg 0%
Lysine 0.112mg 0%
Methionine 0.063mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.112mg 0%
Valine 0.209mg 0%
Histidine 0.015mg 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0.186g 0g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Wakame
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3% 9% 80% 7%
Protein: 3.03 g
Fats: 0.64 g
Carbs: 9.14 g
Water: 79.99 g
Other: 7.2 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 +1499.8%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +203.1%
Contains more OtherOther +834.7%

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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. Wakame - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/170496/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.

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.