Chocolate vs. Soft serve — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are chocolate and soft serve different?

Chocolate is richer in copper, iron, manganese, magnesium, fiber, zinc, and phosphorus, while soft serve is higher in vitamin B12.
Chocolate covers your daily need for copper, 111% more than soft serve.
Chocolate contains 284 times more manganese than soft serve. Chocolate contains 1.419mg of manganese, while soft serve contains 0.005mg.
Soft serve is lower in saturated fat.
Soft serve has a higher glycemic index (79) than chocolate (23).

Chocolate, dark, 45- 59% cacao solids and Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate types were 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

Soft serve

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+1116.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+215.8%
Contains more IronIron	+3719%
Contains more CopperCopper	+3326.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+286.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+77.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-60.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+28280%

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+133.9%

~equal in Selenium ~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

Soft serve

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+663.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+800%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+8000%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+13%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+96%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+264%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+70.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+14.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+117.4%

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	1.028mg	0.03mg	111%
Iron	8.02mg	0.21mg	98%
Manganese	1.419mg	0.005mg	61%
Saturated fat	18.519g	7.46g	50%
Magnesium	146mg	12mg	32%
Fats	31.28g	13g	28%
Cholesterol	8mg	91mg	28%
Fiber	7g	0.7g	25%
Vitamin A	2µg	162µg	18%
Calories	546kcal	222kcal	16%
Monounsaturated fat	9.54g	3.49g	15%
Zinc	2.01mg	0.52mg	14%
Carbs	61.17g	22.2g	13%
Phosphorus	206mg	116mg	13%
Potassium	559mg	177mg	11%
Vitamin B12	0.23µg	0.5µg	11%
Vitamin B2	0.05mg	0.182mg	10%
Caffeine	43mg	2mg	10%
Calcium	56mg	131mg	8%
Vitamin K	8.1µg	0.9µg	6%
Choline		26mg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.092g	0.46g	4%
Vitamin B5	0.297mg	0.506mg	4%
Vitamin B3	0.725mg	0.095mg	4%
Vitamin D		29IU	4%
Vitamin D		0.7µg	4%
Vitamin B1	0.025mg	0.049mg	2%
Folate		9µg	2%
Sodium	24mg	61mg	2%
Protein	4.88g	4.1g	2%
Vitamin C		0.8mg	1%
Net carbs	54.17g	21.5g	N/A
Sugar	47.9g	21.16g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.54mg	0.61mg	0%
Selenium	3µg	3µg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.042mg	0.048mg	0%
Trans fat	0.112g		N/A
Tryptophan		0.048mg	0%
Threonine		0.169mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.215mg	0%
Leucine		0.353mg	0%
Lysine		0.296mg	0%
Methionine		0.091mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.176mg	0%
Valine		0.241mg	0%
Histidine		0.099mg	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