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Chocolate brownie vs. Sugar — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are chocolate brownie and sugar different?

  • Chocolate brownie has more copper, manganese, iron, selenium, phosphorus, vitamin A, and vitamin B2 than sugar.
  • Daily need coverage for copper for chocolate brownie is 42% higher.
  • Chocolate brownie has a lower glycemic index (42) than sugar (65).

Cookies, brownies, prepared from recipe and Sugars, granulated 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 38% 17% 16% 69% 129% 26% 57% 45% 77% 63%
Sugar
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 0.3% 0.18% 1.9% 2.3% 0.27% 0% 0.13% 0.52% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +5600%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +8700%
Contains more IronIron +3580%
Contains more CopperCopper +5442.9%
Contains more ZincZinc +9600%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +14575%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +1816.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.7%

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 1% 59% 0% 0% 35% 44% 18% 20% 22% 20% 0% 22% 0%
Sugar
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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% 0% 4.4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +900%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
~equal in Vitamin E ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg
~equal in Choline ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Chocolate brownie Sugar DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat 9.412g 0g 63%
Fats 29.1g 0g 45%
Copper 0.388mg 0.007mg 42%
Saturated fat 7.319g 0g 33%
Monounsaturated fat 10.839g 0g 27%
Manganese 0.587mg 0.004mg 25%
Cholesterol 73mg 0mg 24%
Iron 1.84mg 0.05mg 22%
Selenium 11.5µg 0.6µg 20%
Vitamin A 176µg 0µg 20%
Phosphorus 132mg 0mg 19%
Carbs 50.2g 99.98g 17%
Sodium 343mg 1mg 15%
Vitamin B2 0.19mg 0.019mg 13%
Magnesium 53mg 0mg 13%
Vitamin B1 0.141mg 0mg 12%
Protein 6.2g 0g 12%
Zinc 0.97mg 0.01mg 9%
Folate 29µg 0µg 7%
Vitamin B5 0.328mg 0mg 7%
Vitamin B6 0.094mg 0mg 7%
Vitamin B12 0.16µg 0µg 7%
Calcium 57mg 1mg 6%
Vitamin B3 0.982mg 0mg 6%
Potassium 176mg 2mg 5%
Calories 466kcal 387kcal 4%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 0mg 0%
Net carbs 50.2g 99.98g N/A
Sugar 99.8g N/A
Tryptophan 0.078mg 0%
Threonine 0.228mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.265mg 0%
Leucine 0.447mg 0%
Lysine 0.283mg 0%
Methionine 0.132mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.298mg 0%
Valine 0.323mg 0%
Histidine 0.136mg 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0.001g 0g N/A
Omega-3 - DHA 0.006g 0g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
6% 29% 50% 13% 2%
Protein: 6.2 g
Fats: 29.1 g
Carbs: 50.2 g
Water: 12.6 g
Other: 1.9 g
Sugar
1
100%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 99.98 g
Water: 0.02 g
Other: 0 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +62900%
Contains more OtherOther +∞%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +99.2%

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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. Chocolate brownie - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174949/nutrients
  2. Sugar - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169655/nutrients

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

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