Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
baking powder
versus
pinto beans
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in baking powder and pinto beans:
Baking powder and pinto beans contain similar amounts of calories - baking powder has 97 calories per 100 grams and pinto bean has 114 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, baking powder is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and lighter in fat compared to pinto beans per calorie. Baking powder has a macronutrient ratio of 0:100:0 and for pinto beans, 24:69:7 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Baking Powder | Pinto Beans | |
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Protein | ~ | 24% |
Carbohydrates | 100% | 69% |
Fat | ~ | 7% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Baking powder is high in carbohydrates and pinto bean has 57% less carbohydrates than baking powder - baking powder has 46.9g of total carbs per 100 grams and pinto bean has 20.2g of carbohydrates.
Both baking powder and pinto beans are high in dietary fiber. Pinto bean has 150% more dietary fiber than baking powder - baking powder has 2.2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and pinto bean has 5.5g of dietary fiber.
Pinto beans and baking powder contain similar amounts of sugar - pinto bean has 0.54g of sugar per 100 grams and baking powder does not contain significant amounts.
Pinto bean has signficantly more protein than baking powder - baking powder has 0.1g of protein per 100 grams and pinto bean has 7g of protein.
Both baking powder and pinto beans are low in saturated fat - baking powder has 0.07g of saturated fat per 100 grams and pinto bean has 0.16g of saturated fat.
Pinto beans and baking powder contain similar amounts of Vitamin C - pinto bean has 0.1mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and baking powder does not contain significant amounts.
Pinto bean has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and folate.
Baking Powder | Pinto Beans | |
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Thiamin | ~ | 0.052 MG |
Riboflavin | ~ | 0.019 MG |
Niacin | ~ | 0.272 MG |
Folate | ~ | 24 UG |
Both baking powder and pinto beans are high in calcium. Baking powder has 67 times more calcium than pinto bean - baking powder has 4332mg of calcium per 100 grams and pinto bean has 63mg of calcium.
Baking powder is an excellent source of iron and it has 514% more iron than pinto bean - baking powder has 8.2mg of iron per 100 grams and pinto bean has 1.3mg of iron.
Both baking powder and pinto beans are high in potassium. Baking powder has 35 times more potassium than pinto bean - baking powder has 10100mg of potassium per 100 grams and pinto bean has 274mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, pinto bean has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than baking powder per 100 grams.
Baking Powder | Pinto Beans | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.029 G | 0.158 G |
Total | 0.029 G | 0.158 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, both baking powder and pinto beans contain significant amounts of linoleic acid.
Baking Powder | Pinto Beans | |
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linoleic acid | 0.09 G | 0.115 G |
Total | 0.09 G | 0.115 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Baking Powder (Leavening agents, baking powder, low-sodium) and Pinto Beans (Beans, pinto, canned, drained solids) .
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