Béchamel sauce vs. Danish pastry — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between béchamel sauce and danish pastry

Béchamel sauce has more calcium and vitamin D; however, danish pastry is richer in selenium, iron, manganese, folate, vitamin B1, vitamin B3, and copper.
Danish pastry covers your daily selenium needs 28% more than béchamel sauce.
Danish pastry has 25 times less vitamin D than béchamel sauce. Béchamel sauce has 49IU of vitamin D, while danish pastry has 2IU.
Béchamel sauce contains less saturated fat.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Sauce, homemade, white, thin and Danish pastry, cheese.

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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.

Béchamel sauce

Danish pastry

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+260%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+66.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-21.3%

Contains more IronIron	+757.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+584.6%
Contains more ZincZinc	+66.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1362.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+472.7%

~equal in Magnesium ~15mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~108mg

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.

Béchamel sauce

Danish pastry

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+700%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+108.6%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+11.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+50%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+105.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+245.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+41.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+666.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1050%
Contains more FolateFolate	+566.7%
Contains more CholineCholine	+42.6%

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.04mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	3.3µg	18.9µg	28%
Fats	6.73g	21.9g	23%
Monounsaturated fat	2.67g	11.313g	22%
Saturated fat	2.152g	6.794g	21%
Iron	0.21mg	1.8mg	20%
Manganese	0.024mg	0.351mg	14%
Folate	9µg	60µg	13%
Calories	105kcal	374kcal	13%
Vitamin B3	0.261mg	2mg	11%
Vitamin B1	0.055mg	0.19mg	11%
Carbs	7.4g	37.2g	10%
Calcium	126mg	35mg	9%
Protein	3.77g	8g	8%
Copper	0.013mg	0.089mg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.586g	2.575g	7%
Vitamin B2	0.184mg	0.26mg	6%
Vitamin D	1.2µg	0µg	6%
Vitamin D	49IU	2IU	6%
Vitamin K	0.6µg	6.9µg	5%
Cholesterol	8mg	23mg	5%
Vitamin A	73µg	35µg	4%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	0.2µg	4%
Fiber	0.1g	1g	4%
Sodium	328mg	417mg	4%
Zinc	0.42mg	0.7mg	3%
Potassium	163mg	98mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.339mg	0.304mg	1%
Vitamin C	0.8mg	0.1mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.17mg	0.35mg	1%
Phosphorus	101mg	108mg	1%
Choline	14.1mg	20.1mg	1%
Net carbs	7.3g	36.2g	N/A
Magnesium	15mg	15mg	0%
Sugar	4.78g	6.95g	N/A
Vitamin B6	0.041mg	0.04mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.046mg	0.089mg	0%
Threonine	0.147mg	0.293mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.198mg	0.371mg	0%
Leucine	0.32mg	0.644mg	0%
Lysine	0.259mg	0.43mg	0%
Methionine	0.082mg	0.174mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.157mg	0.402mg	0%
Valine	0.219mg	0.412mg	0%
Histidine	0.089mg	0.205mg	0%
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.001g	N/A