Butter vs. Olive — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison
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How are butter and olive different?
- Butter is richer in vitamin A and vitamin B12, while olive is higher in iron, copper, fiber, and calcium.
- Butter covers your daily need for saturated fat, 245% more than olive.
Butter, without salt and Olives, ripe, canned (small-extra large) 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.
Contains more PotassiumPotassium | +200% |
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus | +700% |
Contains less SodiumSodium | -98.5% |
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium | +100% |
Contains more CalciumCalcium | +266.7% |
Contains more IronIron | +16400% |
Contains more CopperCopper | +1468.8% |
Contains more ZincZinc | +144.4% |
Contains more ManganeseManganese | +400% |
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.
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A | +3320% |
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E | +40.6% |
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 | +66.7% |
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 | +∞% |
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 | +13.5% |
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 | +633.3% |
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 | +∞% |
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K | +400% |
Contains more FolateFolate | +∞% |
Contains more CholineCholine | +82.5% |
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C | +∞% |
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 | +200% |
All nutrients comparison - raw data values
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DV% diff. |
Saturated fat | 50.489g | 1.415g | 223% |
Fats | 81.11g | 10.68g | 108% |
Vitamin A | 684µg | 20µg | 74% |
Cholesterol | 215mg | 0mg | 72% |
Iron | 0.02mg | 3.3mg | 41% |
Monounsaturated fat | 23.43g | 7.888g | 39% |
Sodium | 11mg | 735mg | 31% |
Calories | 717kcal | 115kcal | 30% |
Copper | 0.016mg | 0.251mg | 26% |
Polyunsaturated fat | 3.01g | 0.911g | 14% |
Fiber | 0g | 3.2g | 13% |
Vitamin B12 | 0.17µg | 0µg | 7% |
Calcium | 24mg | 88mg | 6% |
Vitamin K | 7µg | 1.4µg | 5% |
Vitamin E | 2.32mg | 1.65mg | 4% |
Vitamin B2 | 0.034mg | 0mg | 3% |
Phosphorus | 24mg | 3mg | 3% |
Vitamin B5 | 0.11mg | 0.015mg | 2% |
Choline | 18.8mg | 10.3mg | 2% |
Carbs | 0.06g | 6.26g | 2% |
Vitamin C | 0mg | 0.9mg | 1% |
Manganese | 0.004mg | 0.02mg | 1% |
Zinc | 0.09mg | 0.22mg | 1% |
Folate | 3µg | 0µg | 1% |
Protein | 0.85g | 0.84g | 0% |
Net carbs | 0.06g | 3.06g | N/A |
Magnesium | 2mg | 4mg | 0% |
Potassium | 24mg | 8mg | 0% |
Sugar | 0.06g | 0g | N/A |
Selenium | 1µg | 0.9µg | 0% |
Vitamin B1 | 0.005mg | 0.003mg | 0% |
Vitamin B3 | 0.042mg | 0.037mg | 0% |
Vitamin B6 | 0.003mg | 0.009mg | 0% |
Tryptophan | 0.012mg | 0% | |
Threonine | 0.038mg | 0.026mg | 0% |
Isoleucine | 0.051mg | 0.031mg | 0% |
Leucine | 0.083mg | 0.05mg | 0% |
Lysine | 0.067mg | 0.032mg | 0% |
Methionine | 0.021mg | 0.012mg | 0% |
Phenylalanine | 0.041mg | 0.029mg | 0% |
Valine | 0.057mg | 0.038mg | 0% |
Histidine | 0.023mg | 0.023mg | 0% |
Omega-3 - ALA | 0.315g | N/A | |
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid | 2.166g | N/A |
Macronutrient Comparison
Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Contains more FatsFats | +659.5% |
Contains more CarbsCarbs | +10333.3% |
Contains more WaterWater | +345.9% |
Contains more OtherOther | +5475% |
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Fat Type Comparison
Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat | +197% |
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat | +230.4% |
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat | -97.2% |