Chocolate vs. Cheesecake — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are chocolate and cheesecake different?

Chocolate has more copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, fiber, phosphorus, and potassium than cheesecake.
Daily need coverage for copper for chocolate is 112% higher.
Chocolate contains 18 times more fiber than cheesecake. While chocolate contains 7g of fiber, cheesecake contains only 0.4g.
Cheesecake has less saturated fat.
Chocolate has a lower glycemic index (23) than cheesecake (50).

Chocolate, dark, 45- 59% cacao solids and Cheesecake commercially prepared 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

Cheesecake

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+1227.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+521.1%
Contains more IronIron	+1173%
Contains more CopperCopper	+5040%
Contains more ZincZinc	+294.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+121.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-94.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+913.6%

Contains more SeleniumSelenium

+73.3%

~equal in Calcium ~51mg

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

Cheesecake

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+271.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+35.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+84.1%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+7850%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+12%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+286%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+92.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+23.8%

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.56mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	1.028mg	0.02mg	112%
Iron	8.02mg	0.63mg	92%
Manganese	1.419mg	0.14mg	56%
Saturated fat	18.519g	9.921g	39%
Magnesium	146mg	11mg	32%
Fiber	7g	0.4g	26%
Sodium	24mg	438mg	18%
Vitamin A	2µg	159µg	17%
Phosphorus	206mg	93mg	16%
Cholesterol	8mg	55mg	16%
Fats	31.28g	22.5g	14%
Potassium	559mg	90mg	14%
Zinc	2.01mg	0.51mg	14%
Carbs	61.17g	25.5g	12%
Calories	546kcal	321kcal	11%
Vitamin B2	0.05mg	0.193mg	11%
Caffeine	43mg	0mg	11%
Choline		45.9mg	8%
Folate		18µg	5%
Vitamin B5	0.297mg	0.571mg	5%
Selenium	3µg	5.2µg	4%
Vitamin K	8.1µg	4.4µg	3%
Vitamin B12	0.23µg	0.17µg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.092g	1.602g	3%
Vitamin B3	0.725mg	0.195mg	3%
Vitamin D		0.5µg	3%
Vitamin D		18IU	2%
Monounsaturated fat	9.54g	8.634g	2%
Protein	4.88g	5.5g	1%
Vitamin B6	0.042mg	0.052mg	1%
Calcium	56mg	51mg	1%
Vitamin C		0.4mg	0%
Net carbs	54.17g	25.1g	N/A
Sugar	47.9g	21.8g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.54mg	0.56mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.025mg	0.028mg	0%
Trans fat	0.112g		N/A
Tryptophan		0.064mg	0%
Threonine		0.222mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.281mg	0%
Leucine		0.464mg	0%
Lysine		0.372mg	0%
Methionine		0.136mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.258mg	0%
Valine		0.314mg	0%
Histidine		0.133mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.005g	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