Chocolate vs. Béchamel sauce — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between chocolate and béchamel sauce?

Chocolate is richer than béchamel sauce in copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, zinc, and potassium.
Chocolate's daily need coverage for copper is 113% more.
Chocolate has 70 times more fiber than béchamel sauce. While chocolate has 7g of fiber, béchamel sauce has only 0.1g.
The amount of saturated fat in béchamel sauce is lower.

We used Chocolate, dark, 45- 59% cacao solids and Sauce, homemade, white, thin 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

Béchamel sauce

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+873.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+242.9%
Contains more IronIron	+3719%
Contains more CopperCopper	+7807.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+378.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+104%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-92.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+5812.5%

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+125%

~equal in Selenium ~3.3µg

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

Béchamel sauce

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+217.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+177.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1250%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+3550%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+120%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+268%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+14.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+30.4%

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.041mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	1.028mg	0.013mg	113%
Iron	8.02mg	0.21mg	98%
Saturated fat	18.519g	2.152g	74%
Manganese	1.419mg	0.024mg	61%
Fats	31.28g	6.73g	38%
Magnesium	146mg	15mg	31%
Fiber	7g	0.1g	28%
Calories	546kcal	105kcal	22%
Carbs	61.17g	7.4g	18%
Monounsaturated fat	9.54g	2.67g	17%
Phosphorus	206mg	101mg	15%
Zinc	2.01mg	0.42mg	14%
Sodium	24mg	328mg	13%
Potassium	559mg	163mg	12%
Caffeine	43mg	0mg	11%
Vitamin B2	0.05mg	0.184mg	10%
Vitamin A	2µg	73µg	8%
Calcium	56mg	126mg	7%
Vitamin D		49IU	6%
Vitamin D		1.2µg	6%
Vitamin K	8.1µg	0.6µg	6%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.092g	1.586g	3%
Choline		14.1mg	3%
Vitamin B12	0.23µg	0.3µg	3%
Vitamin B3	0.725mg	0.261mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.025mg	0.055mg	3%
Protein	4.88g	3.77g	2%
Folate		9µg	2%
Vitamin E	0.54mg	0.17mg	2%
Vitamin C		0.8mg	1%
Selenium	3µg	3.3µg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.297mg	0.339mg	1%
Net carbs	54.17g	7.3g	N/A
Cholesterol	8mg	8mg	0%
Sugar	47.9g	4.78g	N/A
Vitamin B6	0.042mg	0.041mg	0%
Trans fat	0.112g		N/A
Tryptophan		0.046mg	0%
Threonine		0.147mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.198mg	0%
Leucine		0.32mg	0%
Lysine		0.259mg	0%
Methionine		0.082mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.157mg	0%
Valine		0.219mg	0%
Histidine		0.089mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0g	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