Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
potato starch
versus
cooked
yellow corn
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in potato starch and yellow corn:
Potato starch is high in calories and yellow corn has 71% less calories than potato starch - yellow corn has 96 calories per 100 grams and potato starch has 333 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, potato starch is lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and lighter in fat compared to yellow corn per calorie. Potato starch has a macronutrient ratio of 0:100:0 and for yellow corn, 12:76:12 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Potato Starch | Yellow Corn | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | ~ | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 100% | 76% |
| Fat | ~ | 12% |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Potato starch is high in carbohydrates and yellow corn has 75% less carbohydrates than potato starch - yellow corn has 21g of total carbs per 100 grams and potato starch has 83.3g of carbohydrates.
Yellow corn is a great source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than potato starch - yellow corn has 2.4g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Potato starch has less sugar than yellow corn - yellow corn has 4.5g of sugar per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow corn has more protein than potato starch - yellow corn has 3.4g of protein per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Both yellow corn and potato starch are low in saturated fat - yellow corn has 0.2g of saturated fat per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow corn has more Vitamin C than potato starch - yellow corn has 5.5mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow corn has more Vitamin A than potato starch - yellow corn has 13ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow corn and potato starch contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - yellow corn has 0.09mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow corn and potato starch contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - yellow corn has 0.4ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow corn has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and folate.
| Potato Starch | Yellow Corn | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | ~ | 0.093 MG |
| Riboflavin | ~ | 0.057 MG |
| Niacin | ~ | 1.683 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | ~ | 0.792 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | ~ | 0.139 MG |
| Folate | ~ | 23 UG |
Yellow corn has more calcium than potato starch - yellow corn has 3mg of calcium per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow corn has more iron than potato starch - yellow corn has 0.45mg of iron per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
Yellow corn is a great source of potassium and it has more potassium than potato starch - yellow corn has 218mg of potassium per 100 grams and potato starch does not contain significant amounts.
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: Potato Starch (POTATO STARCH) and Yellow Corn (Corn, sweet, yellow, cooked, boiled, drained, without salt) .
Potato Starch g
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Cooked Yellow Corn g
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5% | carbohydrates | 5% |
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5% | dietary fiber | 5% |
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5% | total fat | 5% |
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5% | saturated fat | 5% |
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| G | 5% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | trans fat | 5% | G | |||
| MG | 5% | cholesterol | 5% | MG | |||
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5% | Vitamin A | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin C | 5% |
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5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
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5% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
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5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
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5% | protein | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chlorine | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | copper | 5% |
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5% | fluoride | 5% |
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5% | iodine | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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5% | molybdenum | 5% |
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5% | phosphorus | 5% |
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5% | selenium | 5% |
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5% | zinc | 5% |
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| G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||