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Flour vs. Marshmallow — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between flour and marshmallow?

  • Flour is richer than marshmallow in vitamin B1, selenium, iron, folate, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, manganese, phosphorus, fiber, and vitamin B5.
  • Flour's daily need coverage for vitamin B1 is 65% more.
  • Flour has 494 times more vitamin B2 than marshmallow. While flour has 0.494mg of vitamin B2, marshmallow has only 0.001mg.

We used Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached and Candies, marshmallows 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.
Flour
Flour
10
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 16% 4.5% 9.4% 174% 48% 19% 46% 0.26% 89% 185%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 1.4% 0.9% 0.44% 8.6% 32% 1.1% 3.4% 10% 1% 9.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +1000%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +400%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +2040%
Contains more IronIron +1917.4%
Contains more CopperCopper +48.5%
Contains more ZincZinc +1650%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +1250%
Contains less SodiumSodium -97.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +8425%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +1894.1%

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.
Flour
Flour
9
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% 1.2% 0% 196% 114% 111% 26% 10% 0% 0.75% 137% 5.7%
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% 0.25% 0.23% 1.5% 0.3% 0.69% 0% 0% 0.75% 0.05%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +78400%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +49300%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +7469.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +8660%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +1366.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +18200%
Contains more CholineCholine +10300%
~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 Flour Marshmallow DV% diff.
Vitamin B1 0.785mg 0.001mg 65%
Selenium 33.9µg 1.7µg 59%
Iron 4.64mg 0.23mg 55%
Folate 183µg 1µg 46%
Vitamin B2 0.494mg 0.001mg 38%
Vitamin B3 5.904mg 0.078mg 36%
Manganese 0.682mg 0.008mg 29%
Protein 10.33g 1.8g 17%
Phosphorus 108mg 8mg 14%
Fiber 2.7g 0.1g 10%
Vitamin B5 0.438mg 0.005mg 9%
Zinc 0.7mg 0.04mg 6%
Magnesium 22mg 2mg 5%
Copper 0.144mg 0.097mg 5%
Vitamin B6 0.044mg 0.003mg 3%
Potassium 107mg 5mg 3%
Sodium 2mg 80mg 3%
Choline 10.4mg 0.1mg 2%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.413g 0.047g 2%
Calories 364kcal 318kcal 2%
Carbs 76.31g 81.3g 2%
Calcium 15mg 3mg 1%
Fats 0.98g 0.2g 1%
Net carbs 73.61g 81.2g N/A
Sugar 0.27g 57.56g N/A
Vitamin E 0.06mg 0mg 0%
Vitamin K 0.3µg 0µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.155g 0.056g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.087g 0.08g 0%
Tryptophan 0.127mg 0mg 0%
Threonine 0.281mg 0.035mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.357mg 0.028mg 0%
Leucine 0.71mg 0.066mg 0%
Lysine 0.228mg 0.077mg 0%
Methionine 0.183mg 0.015mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.52mg 0.042mg 0%
Valine 0.415mg 0.05mg 0%
Histidine 0.23mg 0.017mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Flour
Flour
3
10% 76% 12%
Protein: 10.33 g
Fats: 0.98 g
Carbs: 76.31 g
Water: 11.92 g
Other: 0.46 g
2% 81% 16%
Protein: 1.8 g
Fats: 0.2 g
Carbs: 81.3 g
Water: 16.4 g
Other: 0.3 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +473.9%
Contains more FatsFats +390%
Contains more OtherOther +53.3%
Contains more WaterWater +37.6%
~equal in Carbs ~81.3g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Flour
Flour
2
24% 13% 63%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.155 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.087 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.413 g
31% 44% 26%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.056 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.08 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.047 g
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +778.7%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -63.9%
~equal in Monounsaturated fat ~0.08g

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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. Flour - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168894/nutrients
  2. Marshmallow - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/167995/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.