Cocoa butter vs. Sunflower oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between cocoa butter and sunflower oil?

Cocoa butter is richer in vitamin K, yet sunflower oil is richer in vitamin E, polyunsaturated fat, and monounsaturated fat.
Sunflower oil's daily need coverage for vitamin E is 262% higher.
Cocoa butter has 5 times more saturated fat than sunflower oil. Cocoa butter has 59.7g of saturated fat, while sunflower oil has 13g.

We used Oil, cocoa butter and Oil, sunflower, linoleic, (partially hydrogenated) types in this comparison.

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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.

Cocoa butter

Sunflower oil

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~0mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~0mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

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.

Cocoa butter

Sunflower oil

Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+357.4%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E

+2182.2%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin E	1.8mg	41.08mg	262%
Polyunsaturated fat	3g	36.4g	223%
Saturated fat	59.7g	13g	212%
Monounsaturated fat	32.9g	46.2g	33%
Vitamin K	24.7µg	5.4µg	16%
Calories	884kcal	884kcal	0%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Choline	0.3mg		0%