Chocolate milk vs. Ice cream — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between chocolate milk and ice cream?

Chocolate milk is higher in vitamin D, yet ice cream is higher in vitamin A, vitamin B2, vitamin B5, and monounsaturated fat.
Ice cream's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 23% more.
Chocolate milk has 6 times more vitamin D than ice cream. While chocolate milk has 51IU of vitamin D, ice cream has only 8IU.
The amount of sugar in chocolate milk is lower.
The glycemic index of chocolate milk is lower.

We used Milk, chocolate, fluid, commercial, whole, with added vitamin A and vitamin D and Ice creams, vanilla types 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 milk

Ice cream

Contains more IronIron	+166.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+182.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-25%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+862.5%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+14.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+19.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+68.3%

~equal in Magnesium ~14mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~105mg

~equal in Selenium ~1.8µg

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 milk

Ice cream

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+50%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+550%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+337%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+328.6%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+10.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+48.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+96.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+20%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+18.2%
Contains more CholineCholine	+52.9%

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.116mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0.3µg

~equal in Folate ~5µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	2.104g	6.79g	21%
Fats	3.39g	11g	12%
Cholesterol	12mg	44mg	11%
Vitamin A	27µg	118µg	10%
Vitamin B5	0.295mg	0.581mg	6%
Vitamin B2	0.162mg	0.24mg	6%
Vitamin D	1.3µg	0.2µg	6%
Calories	83kcal	207kcal	6%
Vitamin D	51IU	8IU	5%
Monounsaturated fat	0.99g	2.969g	5%
Copper	0.065mg	0.023mg	5%
Carbs	10.34g	23.6g	4%
Zinc	0.41mg	0.69mg	3%
Vitamin B12	0.33µg	0.39µg	3%
Manganese	0.077mg	0.008mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.124g	0.452g	2%
Calcium	112mg	128mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.07mg	0.3mg	2%
Iron	0.24mg	0.09mg	2%
Choline	17mg	26mg	2%
Sodium	60mg	80mg	1%
Phosphorus	101mg	105mg	1%
Protein	3.17g	3.5g	1%
Vitamin B6	0.04mg	0.048mg	1%
Potassium	167mg	199mg	1%
Vitamin C	0.9mg	0.6mg	0%
Net carbs	9.54g	22.9g	N/A
Magnesium	13mg	14mg	0%
Sugar	9.54g	21.22g	N/A
Fiber	0.8g	0.7g	0%
Selenium	1.9µg	1.8µg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.037mg	0.041mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.125mg	0.116mg	0%
Vitamin K	0.3µg	0.3µg	0%
Folate	5µg	5µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.041mg	0.045mg	0%
Threonine	0.135mg	0.146mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.164mg	0.195mg	0%
Leucine	0.3mg	0.316mg	0%
Lysine	0.265mg	0.258mg	0%
Methionine	0.083mg	0.081mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.164mg	0.157mg	0%
Valine	0.208mg	0.217mg	0%
Histidine	0.096mg	0.088mg	0%
Caffeine	1mg	0mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.003g	N/A