Cocoa butter vs. Wheat germ oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are cocoa butter and wheat germ oil different?

Cocoa butter is higher in monounsaturated fat; however, wheat germ oil is richer in vitamin E and polyunsaturated fat.
Daily need coverage for vitamin E for wheat germ oil is 984% higher.
Cocoa butter contains 3 times more saturated fat than wheat germ oil. While cocoa butter contains 59.7g of saturated fat, wheat germ oil contains only 18.8g.

Oil, cocoa butter and Oil, wheat germ 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.

Cocoa butter

Wheat germ 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 ~mg

~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

Wheat germ oil

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+8200%
Contains more CholineCholine	+6566.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~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 Vitamin K ~24.7µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin E	1.8mg	149.4mg	984%
Polyunsaturated fat	3g	61.7g	391%
Saturated fat	59.7g	18.8g	186%
Monounsaturated fat	32.9g	15.1g	45%
Choline	0.3mg	20mg	4%
Calories	884kcal	884kcal	0%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Vitamin K	24.7µg	24.7µg	0%