Butter cookie vs. Muffin — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are butter cookie and muffin different?

Butter cookie is higher in vitamin B1, copper, vitamin B2, vitamin A, and iron; however, muffin is richer in vitamin K, choline, and manganese.
Daily need coverage for saturated fat for butter cookie is 41% higher.
Butter cookie contains 9 times more vitamin A than muffin. While butter cookie contains 673IU of vitamin A, muffin contains only 73IU.
Muffin has less cholesterol.

Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, enriched and Muffins, blueberry, commercially prepared (Includes mini-muffins) are the varieties 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.

Butter cookie

Muffin

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+20%
Contains more IronIron	+70.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+233.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-16.1%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+51.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+43.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+164.1%

~equal in Potassium ~121mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.37mg

~equal in Selenium ~8.2µg

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.

Butter cookie

Muffin

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+685.7%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+300%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+120.2%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+105.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+125%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+125%
Contains more FolateFolate	+58.3%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+181%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+11.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+2205.9%
Contains more CholineCholine	+1323.1%

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.47mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	0.982g	8.103g	47%
Saturated fat	11.051g	2.844g	37%
Vitamin K	1.7µg	39.2µg	31%
Cholesterol	117mg	30mg	29%
Vitamin B1	0.37mg	0.168mg	17%
Choline	6.5mg	92.5mg	16%
Copper	0.2mg	0.06mg	16%
Vitamin A	165µg	21µg	16%
Vitamin B2	0.335mg	0.163mg	13%
Iron	2.22mg	1.3mg	12%
Manganese	0.17mg	0.449mg	12%
Vitamin B3	3.19mg	1.418mg	11%
Vitamin B12	0.36µg	0.16µg	8%
Starch		16.31g	7%
Folate	76µg	48µg	7%
Vitamin E	0.58mg	1.63mg	7%
Phosphorus	102mg	146mg	6%
Calories	467kcal	375kcal	5%
Carbs	68.9g	53g	5%
Fats	18.8g	16.07g	4%
Protein	6.1g	4.49g	3%
Sodium	282mg	336mg	2%
Vitamin D	16IU	4IU	2%
Fructose		1.21g	2%
Monounsaturated fat	5.522g	4.822g	2%
Calcium	29mg	44mg	2%
Vitamin D	0.4µg	0.1µg	2%
Fiber	0.8g	1.1g	1%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.9mg	1%
Net carbs	68.1g	51.9g	N/A
Magnesium	12mg	10mg	0%
Potassium	111mg	121mg	0%
Sugar	20.24g	31.47g	N/A
Zinc	0.38mg	0.37mg	0%
Selenium	8.4µg	8.2µg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.488mg	0.47mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.036mg	0.04mg	0%
Trans fat		0.2g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.084mg	0.066mg	0%
Threonine	0.215mg	0.181mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.277mg	0.224mg	0%
Leucine	0.471mg	0.421mg	0%
Lysine	0.308mg	0.199mg	0%
Methionine	0.131mg	0.115mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.299mg	0.277mg	0%
Valine	0.315mg	0.257mg	0%
Histidine	0.136mg	0.128mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.011g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.007g	0.008g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		1.022g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.048g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.007g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		6.911g	N/A