Chocolate brownie vs. Butter — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are chocolate brownie and butter different?

Chocolate brownie is higher in copper, manganese, iron, selenium, phosphorus, and magnesium; however, butter is richer in vitamin A.
Daily need coverage for saturated fat for butter is 216% higher.
Chocolate brownie contains 147 times more manganese than butter. While chocolate brownie contains 0.587mg of manganese, butter contains only 0.004mg.
Butter has less sodium.
Butter has a lower glycemic index (0) than chocolate brownie (42).

Cookies, brownies, prepared from recipe and Butter, without salt are the varieties 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.

Chocolate brownie

Butter

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+2550%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+137.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+633.3%
Contains more IronIron	+9100%
Contains more CopperCopper	+2325%
Contains more ZincZinc	+977.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+450%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+14575%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+1050%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-96.8%

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.

Chocolate brownie

Butter

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+2720%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+458.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+2238.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+198.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+3033.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+866.7%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A

+288.6%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0.17µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	7.319g	50.489g	196%
Fats	29.1g	81.11g	80%
Vitamin A	176µg	684µg	56%
Cholesterol	73mg	215mg	47%
Polyunsaturated fat	9.412g	3.01g	43%
Copper	0.388mg	0.016mg	41%
Monounsaturated fat	10.839g	23.43g	31%
Manganese	0.587mg	0.004mg	25%
Iron	1.84mg	0.02mg	23%
Selenium	11.5µg	1µg	19%
Carbs	50.2g	0.06g	17%
Vitamin E		2.32mg	15%
Phosphorus	132mg	24mg	15%
Sodium	343mg	11mg	14%
Calories	466kcal	717kcal	13%
Vitamin B2	0.19mg	0.034mg	12%
Magnesium	53mg	2mg	12%
Vitamin B1	0.141mg	0.005mg	11%
Protein	6.2g	0.85g	11%
Zinc	0.97mg	0.09mg	8%
Vitamin B6	0.094mg	0.003mg	7%
Folate	29µg	3µg	7%
Vitamin K		7µg	6%
Vitamin B3	0.982mg	0.042mg	6%
Vitamin B5	0.328mg	0.11mg	4%
Potassium	176mg	24mg	4%
Choline		18.8mg	3%
Calcium	57mg	24mg	3%
Vitamin C	0.3mg	0mg	0%
Net carbs	50.2g	0.06g	N/A
Sugar		0.06g	N/A
Vitamin B12	0.16µg	0.17µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.078mg	0.012mg	0%
Threonine	0.228mg	0.038mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.265mg	0.051mg	0%
Leucine	0.447mg	0.083mg	0%
Lysine	0.283mg	0.067mg	0%
Methionine	0.132mg	0.021mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.298mg	0.041mg	0%
Valine	0.323mg	0.057mg	0%
Histidine	0.136mg	0.023mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.006g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.315g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		2.166g	N/A