Cream cheese vs. Lemon meringue pie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are cream cheese and lemon meringue pie different?

Cream cheese is richer in vitamin A, phosphorus, calcium, vitamin B5, and vitamin B2, while lemon meringue pie is higher in iron, vitamin B1, and selenium.
Cream cheese covers your daily need for saturated fat, 85% more than lemon meringue pie.
Cream cheese contains 8 times more calcium than lemon meringue pie. Cream cheese contains 97mg of calcium, while lemon meringue pie contains 12mg.
Lemon meringue pie is lower in saturated fat.
Lemon meringue pie has a higher glycemic index (59) than cream cheese (0).

Cheese, cream and Pie, lemon meringue, prepared from recipe 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.

Cream cheese

Lemon meringue pie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+50%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+708.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+103.1%
Contains more ZincZinc	+78.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+154.8%

Contains more IronIron	+809.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+133.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-22.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1063.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+34.9%

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

Lemon meringue pie

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+616.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+44.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+141.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+107.4%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+83.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+413%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+937.4%
Contains more FolateFolate	+177.8%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	20.213g	3.185g	77%
Fats	34.44g	12.9g	33%
Vitamin A	308µg	43µg	29%
Cholesterol	101mg	53mg	16%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.483g	3.331g	12%
Carbs	5.52g	39.1g	11%
Iron	0.11mg	1mg	11%
Calcium	97mg	12mg	9%
Phosphorus	107mg	42mg	9%
Vitamin B1	0.023mg	0.118mg	8%
Monounsaturated fat	8.907g	5.582g	8%
Vitamin E	0.86mg		6%
Vitamin B5	0.517mg	0.214mg	6%
Vitamin B3	0.091mg	0.944mg	5%
Vitamin B2	0.23mg	0.159mg	5%
Choline	27.2mg		5%
Manganese	0.011mg	0.128mg	5%
Selenium	8.6µg	11.6µg	5%
Protein	6.15g	3.8g	5%
Folate	9µg	25µg	4%
Vitamin B12	0.22µg	0.12µg	4%
Vitamin C	0mg	3.3mg	4%
Sodium	314mg	242mg	3%
Copper	0.018mg	0.042mg	3%
Calories	350kcal	285kcal	3%
Vitamin K	2.1µg		2%
Vitamin B6	0.056mg	0.027mg	2%
Zinc	0.5mg	0.28mg	2%
Potassium	132mg	65mg	2%
Magnesium	9mg	6mg	1%
Net carbs	5.52g	39.1g	N/A
Sugar	3.76g		N/A
Starch	0.35g		0%
Tryptophan	0.069mg	0.046mg	0%
Threonine	0.233mg	0.143mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.324mg	0.169mg	0%
Leucine	0.657mg	0.292mg	0%
Lysine	0.567mg	0.181mg	0%
Methionine	0.191mg	0.092mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.291mg	0.194mg	0%
Valine	0.395mg	0.192mg	0%
Histidine	0.175mg	0.087mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.005g	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