Cookie dough vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between cookie dough and butter cookie?

Cookie dough is higher in manganese, yet butter cookie is higher in vitamin B2, vitamin B12, vitamin A, vitamin B1, folate, copper, and vitamin B3.
Butter cookie's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 32% more.
Cookie dough has 5 times more manganese than butter cookie. While cookie dough has 0.765mg of manganese, butter cookie has only 0.17mg.
The amount of saturated fat in cookie dough is lower.

We used Cookies, oatmeal, refrigerated dough and Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, enriched 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.

Cookie dough

Butter cookie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+133.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+32.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+68.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+350%

Contains more CopperCopper

+81.8%

~equal in Calcium ~29mg

~equal in Iron ~2.22mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~102mg

~equal in Sodium ~282mg

~equal in Selenium ~8.4µg

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.

Cookie dough

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6

+13.9%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+4025%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+58.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+126.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+71%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+31.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+800%
Contains more FolateFolate	+117.1%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Cholesterol	24mg	117mg	31%
Saturated fat	4.751g	11.051g	29%
Manganese	0.765mg	0.17mg	26%
Vitamin A	4µg	165µg	18%
Vitamin B2	0.148mg	0.335mg	14%
Vitamin B12	0.04µg	0.36µg	13%
Monounsaturated fat	10.531g	5.522g	13%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.592g	0.982g	11%
Vitamin B1	0.234mg	0.37mg	11%
Folate	35µg	76µg	10%
Copper	0.11mg	0.2mg	10%
Vitamin B3	1.865mg	3.19mg	8%
Fiber	2.5g	0.8g	7%
Magnesium	28mg	12mg	4%
Vitamin E		0.58mg	4%
Carbs	59.1g	68.9g	3%
Vitamin B5	0.372mg	0.488mg	2%
Vitamin D		0.4µg	2%
Calories	424kcal	467kcal	2%
Zinc	0.64mg	0.38mg	2%
Vitamin D		16IU	2%
Sodium	294mg	282mg	1%
Choline		6.5mg	1%
Selenium	9.1µg	8.4µg	1%
Protein	5.4g	6.1g	1%
Iron	2.14mg	2.22mg	1%
Potassium	147mg	111mg	1%
Vitamin K		1.7µg	1%
Fats	18.9g	18.8g	0%
Net carbs	56.6g	68.1g	N/A
Calcium	31mg	29mg	0%
Sugar		20.24g	N/A
Phosphorus	104mg	102mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.041mg	0.036mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.088mg	0.084mg	0%
Threonine	0.177mg	0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.227mg	0.277mg	0%
Leucine	0.414mg	0.471mg	0%
Lysine	0.257mg	0.308mg	0%
Methionine	0.122mg	0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.278mg	0.299mg	0%
Valine	0.291mg	0.315mg	0%
Histidine	0.125mg	0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g	0.007g	N/A