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Carrot cake vs. Murray Vanilla Wafers — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between carrot cake and murray Vanilla Wafers

  • Carrot cake has more phosphorus; however, murray Vanilla Wafers are higher in vitamin B1, folate, and polyunsaturated fat.
  • Carrot cake covers your daily phosphorus needs 29% more than murray Vanilla Wafers.
  • Murray Vanilla Wafers contain 2 times less potassium than carrot cake. Carrot cake contains 169mg of potassium, while murray Vanilla Wafers contain 84mg.
  • Murray Vanilla Wafers have less sodium.

Food varieties used in this article are Cake, pudding-type, carrot, dry mix and MURRAY, Vanilla Wafer.

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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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 5.7% 52% 15% 68% 17% 5.5% 106% 74% 69% 81%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 0% 7.4% 0% 0% 0% 18% 52% 0% 0%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +∞%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +101.2%
Contains more IronIron +∞%
Contains more CopperCopper +∞%
Contains more ZincZinc +∞%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +488.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +∞%
Contains less SodiumSodium -29.3%

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.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 4% 32% 0% 0% 66% 39% 41% 18% 18% 5% 0% 50% 0%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 0% 0% 105% 53% 49% 0% 0% 0% 0% 66% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +58.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +35.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +17.9%
Contains more FolateFolate +31.3%
~equal in Vitamin E ~mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Carrot cake Murray Vanilla Wafers DV% diff.
Phosphorus 247mg 42mg 29%
Selenium 14.9µg 27%
Manganese 0.528mg 23%
Iron 1.8mg 23%
Saturated fat 1.472g 5.7g 19%
Polyunsaturated fat 3.702g 6.6g 19%
Calcium 172mg 17%
Vitamin B1 0.265mg 0.42mg 13%
Fats 9.8g 17.4g 12%
Vitamin A 97µg 11%
Sodium 567mg 401mg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.079mg 6%
Vitamin B5 0.294mg 6%
Fiber 1.4g 6%
Copper 0.05mg 6%
Folate 67µg 88µg 5%
Vitamin B2 0.17mg 0.23mg 5%
Potassium 169mg 84mg 3%
Vitamin B12 0.04µg 2%
Vitamin B3 2.205mg 2.6mg 2%
Calories 415kcal 461kcal 2%
Protein 5.1g 4g 2%
Carbs 79.2g 72.9g 2%
Zinc 0.2mg 2%
Magnesium 8mg 2%
Vitamin C 1.2mg 1%
Net carbs 79.2g 71.5g N/A
Cholesterol 0mg 1mg 0%
Sugar 31.5g N/A
Trans fat 0.25g N/A
Monounsaturated fat 4.036g 3.9g 0%
Tryptophan 0.061mg 0%
Threonine 0.149mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.186mg 0%
Leucine 0.336mg 0%
Lysine 0.142mg 0%
Methionine 0.083mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.238mg 0%
Valine 0.212mg 0%
Histidine 0.109mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
5% 10% 79% 4% 2%
Protein: 5.1 g
Fats: 9.8 g
Carbs: 79.2 g
Water: 3.6 g
Other: 2.3 g
4% 17% 73% 4%
Protein: 4 g
Fats: 17.4 g
Carbs: 72.9 g
Water: 4.1 g
Other: 1.6 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +27.5%
Contains more OtherOther +43.8%
Contains more FatsFats +77.6%
Contains more WaterWater +13.9%
~equal in Carbs ~72.9g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
16% 44% 40%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 1.472 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 4.036 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 3.702 g
35% 24% 41%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 5.7 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 3.9 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 6.6 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -74.2%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +78.3%
~equal in Monounsaturated fat ~3.9g

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Carrot cake - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174932/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

Data provided by FoodStruct.com should be considered and used as information only. Please consult your physician before beginning any diet.