Biscuit vs. Pie crust — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are biscuits and pie crust different?

Biscuits are richer in calcium, phosphorus, iron, and vitamin B2, while pie crust is higher in folate, selenium, and monounsaturated fat.
Pie crust covers your daily need for saturated fat, 18% more than biscuits.
Biscuits contain 4 times more calcium than pie crust. Biscuits contain 235mg of calcium, while pie crust contains 61mg.
Biscuits are lower in sodium.

Biscuits, plain or buttermilk, prepared from recipe and Pie crust, standard-type, dry mix types were used 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.

Biscuit

Pie crust

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+20%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+285.2%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+89.1%
Contains more IronIron	+30.6%
Contains more ZincZinc	+35%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+90.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-23%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+20%

Contains more SeleniumSelenium

+17.4%

~equal in Copper ~0.075mg

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.

Biscuit

Pie crust

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+45.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+10.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+82.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+70.5%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~2.727mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.268mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Monounsaturated fat	6.93g	17.887g	27%
Fats	16.3g	31.4g	23%
Saturated fat	4.324g	7.974g	17%
Calcium	235mg	61mg	17%
Phosphorus	164mg	86mg	11%
Folate	61µg	104µg	11%
Iron	2.9mg	2.22mg	9%
Calories	353kcal	518kcal	8%
Sodium	580mg	753mg	8%
Vitamin B2	0.31mg	0.213mg	7%
Selenium	19.5µg	22.9µg	6%
Fiber	1.5g		6%
Vitamin B12	0.08µg	0µg	3%
Manganese	0.378mg	0.315mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.356mg	0.392mg	3%
Carbs	44.6g	52.1g	3%
Vitamin B6	0.035mg	0.064mg	2%
Potassium	121mg	64mg	2%
Zinc	0.54mg	0.4mg	1%
Copper	0.082mg	0.075mg	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.163g	3.968g	1%
Magnesium	18mg	15mg	1%
Vitamin B3	2.949mg	2.727mg	1%
Cholesterol	3mg	0mg	1%
Protein	7g	6.9g	0%
Vitamin C	0.2mg	0mg	0%
Net carbs	43.1g	52.1g	N/A
Sugar	2.18g		N/A
Vitamin B5	0.285mg	0.268mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.087mg	0.08mg	0%
Threonine	0.211mg	0.184mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.273mg	0.255mg	0%
Leucine	0.514mg	0.476mg	0%
Lysine	0.226mg	0.133mg	0%
Methionine	0.132mg	0.121mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.347mg	0.339mg	0%
Valine	0.313mg	0.289mg	0%
Histidine	0.161mg	0.146mg	0%