Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
graham crackers
versus
radish sprouts
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in graham crackers and radish sprouts:
Graham cracker is high in calories and radish sprout has 90% less calories than graham cracker - radish sprout has 43 calories per 100 grams and graham cracker has 430 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, graham crackers is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to radish sprouts per calorie. Graham crackers has a macronutrient ratio of 6:72:22 and for radish sprouts, 28:28:45 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Graham Crackers | Radish Sprouts | |
---|---|---|
Protein | 6% | 28% |
Carbohydrates | 72% | 28% |
Fat | 22% | 45% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Graham cracker is high in carbohydrates and radish sprout has 95% less carbohydrates than graham cracker - radish sprout has 3.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and graham cracker has 77.7g of carbohydrates.
Graham cracker is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than radish sprout - graham cracker has 3.4g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Graham cracker is high in sugar and radish sprout has less sugar than graham cracker - graham cracker has 24.9g of sugar per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Graham cracker has 76% more protein than radish sprout - radish sprout has 3.8g of protein per 100 grams and graham cracker has 6.7g of protein.
Radish sprouts and graham crackers contain similar amounts of saturated fat - radish sprout has 0.77g of saturated fat per 100 grams and graham cracker has 1.6g of saturated fat.
Both graham crackers and radish sprouts are low in trans fat - graham cracker has 0.06g of trans fat per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Radish sprout is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than graham cracker - radish sprout has 28.9mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and graham cracker does not contain significant amounts.
Radish sprout has more Vitamin A than graham cracker - radish sprout has 20ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and graham cracker does not contain significant amounts.
Graham cracker has more Vitamin E than radish sprout - graham cracker has 1.5mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Graham cracker has more Vitamin K than radish sprout - graham cracker has 14.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Graham cracker has more thiamin and riboflavin. Both graham crackers and radish sprouts contain significant amounts of niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
Graham Crackers | Radish Sprouts | |
---|---|---|
Thiamin | 0.265 MG | 0.102 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.317 MG | 0.103 MG |
Niacin | 4.439 MG | 2.853 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.42 MG | 0.733 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.156 MG | 0.285 MG |
Folate | 91 UG | 95 UG |
Both radish sprouts and graham crackers are high in calcium. Graham cracker has 51% more calcium than radish sprout - radish sprout has 51mg of calcium per 100 grams and graham cracker has 77mg of calcium.
Graham cracker is an excellent source of iron and it has 340% more iron than radish sprout - radish sprout has 0.86mg of iron per 100 grams and graham cracker has 3.8mg of iron.
Graham cracker has 98% more potassium than radish sprout - radish sprout has 86mg of potassium per 100 grams and graham cracker has 170mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, both graham crackers and radish sprouts contain significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid (ALA).
Graham Crackers | Radish Sprouts | |
---|---|---|
alpha linoleic acid | 0.622 G | 0.722 G |
Total | 0.622 G | 0.722 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, graham cracker has more linoleic acid than radish sprout per 100 grams.
Graham Crackers | Radish Sprouts | |
---|---|---|
other omega 6 | 0.024 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 4.757 G | 0.41 G |
Total | 4.781 G | 0.41 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: Graham Crackers (Cookies, graham crackers, plain or honey (includes cinnamon)) and Radish Sprouts (Radish seeds, sprouted, raw) .
Graham Crackers g
()
|
Daily Values (%) |
Radish Sprouts g
()
|
|||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
KCAL % |
|
5% | calories | 5% |
|
KCAL % | |
G % |
|
5% | carbohydrates | 5% |
|
G % | |
G % |
|
5% | dietary fiber | 5% |
|
G % | |
G | 5% | sugar | 5% | G | |||
G % |
|
5% | total fat | 5% |
|
G % | |
G % |
|
5% | saturated fat | 5% |
|
G % | |
G | 5% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | trans fat | 5% | G | |||
MG | 5% | cholesterol | 5% | MG | |||
MG % |
|
5% | sodium | 5% |
|
MG % | |
5% | Vitamins and Minerals | 5% | |||||
UG % |
|
5% | Vitamin A | 5% |
|
UG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | Vitamin C | 5% |
|
MG % | |
IU % |
|
5% | Vitamin D | 5% |
|
IU % | |
MG % |
|
5% | calcium | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | iron | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | magnesium | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | potassium | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
|
MG % | |
UG % |
|
5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
|
UG % | |
UG % |
|
5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
|
UG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
|
MG % | |
UG % |
|
5% | Vitamin K | 5% |
|
UG % | |
G % |
|
5% | protein | 5% |
|
G % | |
UG % |
|
5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
|
UG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | choline | 5% |
|
MG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | chlorine | 5% |
|
MG % | |
UG % |
|
5% | chromium | 5% |
|
UG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | copper | 5% |
|
MG % | |
UG % |
|
5% | fluoride | 5% |
|
UG % | |
UG % |
|
5% | iodine | 5% |
|
UG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | manganese | 5% |
|
MG % | |
UG % |
|
5% | molybdenum | 5% |
|
UG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | phosphorus | 5% |
|
MG % | |
UG % |
|
5% | selenium | 5% |
|
UG % | |
MG % |
|
5% | zinc | 5% |
|
MG % | |
G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||