Chocolate vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between chocolate and butter cookie?

Chocolate is higher in copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, and fiber, yet butter cookie is higher in vitamin B1, vitamin B2, and vitamin B3.
Chocolate's daily need coverage for copper is 92% more.
Chocolate has 12 times more magnesium than butter cookie. While chocolate has 146mg of magnesium, butter cookie has only 12mg.
The amount of saturated fat in butter cookie is lower.
The glycemic index of chocolate is lower.

We used Chocolate, dark, 45- 59% cacao solids and Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, enriched 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

Butter cookie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+1116.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+93.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+403.6%
Contains more IronIron	+261.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+414%
Contains more ZincZinc	+428.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+102%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-91.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+734.7%

Contains more SeleniumSelenium

+180%

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

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+16.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+376.5%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+8150%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+1380%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+570%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+340%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+64.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+56.5%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.58mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	1.028mg	0.2mg	92%
Iron	8.02mg	2.22mg	73%
Manganese	1.419mg	0.17mg	54%
Cholesterol	8mg	117mg	36%
Saturated fat	18.519g	11.051g	34%
Magnesium	146mg	12mg	32%
Vitamin B1	0.025mg	0.37mg	29%
Fiber	7g	0.8g	25%
Vitamin B2	0.05mg	0.335mg	22%
Folate		76µg	19%
Fats	31.28g	18.8g	19%
Vitamin A	2µg	165µg	18%
Zinc	2.01mg	0.38mg	15%
Phosphorus	206mg	102mg	15%
Vitamin B3	0.725mg	3.19mg	15%
Potassium	559mg	111mg	13%
Caffeine	43mg	0mg	11%
Sodium	24mg	282mg	11%
Monounsaturated fat	9.54g	5.522g	10%
Selenium	3µg	8.4µg	10%
Vitamin K	8.1µg	1.7µg	5%
Vitamin B12	0.23µg	0.36µg	5%
Calories	546kcal	467kcal	4%
Vitamin B5	0.297mg	0.488mg	4%
Calcium	56mg	29mg	3%
Carbs	61.17g	68.9g	3%
Vitamin D		0.4µg	2%
Vitamin D		16IU	2%
Protein	4.88g	6.1g	2%
Choline		6.5mg	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.092g	0.982g	1%
Net carbs	54.17g	68.1g	N/A
Sugar	47.9g	20.24g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.54mg	0.58mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.042mg	0.036mg	0%
Trans fat	0.112g		N/A
Tryptophan		0.084mg	0%
Threonine		0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.277mg	0%
Leucine		0.471mg	0%
Lysine		0.308mg	0%
Methionine		0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.299mg	0%
Valine		0.315mg	0%
Histidine		0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.007g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.085g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.001g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	0.947g		N/A