Cream cheese vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between cream cheese and butter cookie

Cream cheese has more vitamin A and calcium; however, butter cookie has more vitamin B1, iron, copper, vitamin B3, folate, vitamin B2, and manganese.
Cream cheese's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 46% more.
Cream cheese has 3 times more calcium than butter cookie. Cream cheese has 97mg of calcium, while butter cookie has 29mg.
Butter cookie is lower in saturated fat.
Butter cookie has a higher glycemic index than cream cheese.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Cheese, cream and Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, enriched.

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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.

Cream cheese

Butter cookie

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+234.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+18.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+31.6%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+33.3%
Contains more IronIron	+1918.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+1011.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-10.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1445.5%

~equal in Phosphorus ~102mg

~equal in Selenium ~8.4µg

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.

Cream cheese

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+86.7%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+48.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+55.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+23.5%
Contains more CholineCholine	+318.5%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+1508.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+45.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+3405.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+63.6%
Contains more FolateFolate	+744.4%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.488mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	20.213g	11.051g	42%
Vitamin B1	0.023mg	0.37mg	29%
Iron	0.11mg	2.22mg	26%
Fats	34.44g	18.8g	24%
Carbs	5.52g	68.9g	21%
Copper	0.018mg	0.2mg	20%
Vitamin B3	0.091mg	3.19mg	19%
Folate	9µg	76µg	17%
Vitamin A	308µg	165µg	16%
Vitamin B2	0.23mg	0.335mg	8%
Monounsaturated fat	8.907g	5.522g	8%
Manganese	0.011mg	0.17mg	7%
Calcium	97mg	29mg	7%
Vitamin B12	0.22µg	0.36µg	6%
Calories	350kcal	467kcal	6%
Cholesterol	101mg	117mg	5%
Choline	27.2mg	6.5mg	4%
Fiber	0g	0.8g	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.483g	0.982g	3%
Vitamin B6	0.056mg	0.036mg	2%
Vitamin D	0IU	16IU	2%
Vitamin E	0.86mg	0.58mg	2%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.4µg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.517mg	0.488mg	1%
Sodium	314mg	282mg	1%
Phosphorus	107mg	102mg	1%
Zinc	0.5mg	0.38mg	1%
Potassium	132mg	111mg	1%
Magnesium	9mg	12mg	1%
Protein	6.15g	6.1g	0%
Net carbs	5.52g	68.1g	N/A
Sugar	3.76g	20.24g	N/A
Starch	0.35g		0%
Selenium	8.6µg	8.4µg	0%
Vitamin K	2.1µg	1.7µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.069mg	0.084mg	0%
Threonine	0.233mg	0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.324mg	0.277mg	0%
Leucine	0.657mg	0.471mg	0%
Lysine	0.567mg	0.308mg	0%
Methionine	0.191mg	0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.291mg	0.299mg	0%
Valine	0.395mg	0.315mg	0%
Histidine	0.175mg	0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.007g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.125g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid	0.002g		N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.002g		N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid	0.036g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.007g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	0.807g		N/A