Cornstarch vs Baking powder: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Cornstarch has 381 kcal and Baking powder has 97 kcal, so Baking powder has 75% fewer calories.

Baking powder has more fiber (2.2 g vs 0.9 g). Cornstarch has more carbohydrates (91.3 g vs 46.9 g).

Cornstarch - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Cornstarch - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Cornstarch
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Baking Powder
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Cornstarch vs Baking Powder 100g Compare


per 100gCornstarchBaking powder
Calories381 97
Carbohydrates91.27 g46.9 g
Fat0.05 g0.4 g
Dietary fiber0.9 g2.2 g
Protein0.26 g0.1 g
Water8.32 g6.2 g
Calcium2 mg4332 mg
Iron0.47 mg8.17 mg
Magnessium3 mg29 mg
Potassium3 mg10100 mg
Sodium9 mg90 mg

More Calories in Cornstarch

At first glance, you can see that in cornstarch is much more calories than in baking powder.

Cornstarch has 381 kcal per 100g and baking powder 97 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 293%.

In cornstarch and in baking powder most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare cornstarch with baking powder in details.

Cornstarch 100g

381kcal

Calories source

  • 100% CARBS.
  • 0% PROTEIN
  • 0% FAT

Baking powder 100g

97kcal

Calories source

  • 98% CARBS
  • 0% PROTEIN
  • 2% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.