Carrot cake vs. Apple pie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between carrot cake and apple pie

Apple pie has less vitamin A, phosphorus, calcium, folate, manganese, vitamin B1, iron, and vitamin B3.
Carrot cake covers your daily vitamin A needs 36% more than apple pie.
Apple pie contains 17 times less folate than carrot cake. Carrot cake contains 67µg of folate, while apple pie contains 4µg.
Apple pie has less sodium.

Food varieties used in this article are Cake, pudding-type, carrot, dry mix and Pie, apple, commercially prepared, unenriched flour.

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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.

Carrot cake

Apple pie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+14.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+1463.6%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+160%
Contains more IronIron	+48.8%
Contains more ZincZinc	+25%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+929.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+190.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+∞%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-53.1%

~equal in Copper ~0.046mg

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.

Carrot cake

Apple pie

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+234.5%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+97.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+96.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+147.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+107.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+300%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1575%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C

+166.7%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.158mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Phosphorus	247mg	24mg	32%
Selenium	14.9µg		27%
Folate	67µg	4µg	16%
Calcium	172mg	11mg	16%
Carbs	79.2g	34g	15%
Manganese	0.528mg	0.182mg	15%
Sodium	567mg	266mg	13%
Vitamin B1	0.265mg	0.134mg	11%
Saturated fat	1.472g	3.797g	11%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.702g	2.198g	10%
Calories	415kcal	237kcal	9%
Vitamin A	97µg	29µg	8%
Iron	1.8mg	1.21mg	7%
Vitamin B3	2.205mg	1.123mg	7%
Fiber		1.6g	6%
Protein	5.1g	1.9g	6%
Vitamin B5	0.294mg	0.119mg	4%
Potassium	169mg	65mg	3%
Vitamin B6	0.079mg	0.038mg	3%
Fats	9.8g	11g	2%
Vitamin C	1.2mg	3.2mg	2%
Monounsaturated fat	4.036g	4.388g	1%
Vitamin B2	0.17mg	0.158mg	1%
Vitamin B12	0.04µg	0.01µg	1%
Net carbs	79.2g	32.4g	N/A
Magnesium	8mg	7mg	0%
Copper	0.05mg	0.046mg	0%
Zinc	0.2mg	0.16mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.061mg	0.026mg	0%
Threonine	0.149mg	0.054mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.186mg	0.073mg	0%
Leucine	0.336mg	0.129mg	0%
Lysine	0.142mg	0.07mg	0%
Methionine	0.083mg	0.032mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.238mg	0.088mg	0%
Valine	0.212mg	0.084mg	0%
Histidine	0.109mg	0.038mg	0%