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Crème caramel vs. Lemon meringue pie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between crème caramel and lemon meringue pie

  • Crème caramel has more vitamin B12, phosphorus, calcium, and vitamin B5; however, lemon meringue pie is higher in iron, vitamin B1, and vitamin B3.
  • Crème caramel covers your daily cholesterol needs 12% more than lemon meringue pie.
  • Lemon meringue pie contains 7 times less calcium than crème caramel. Crème caramel contains 83mg of calcium, while lemon meringue pie contains 12mg.
  • Lemon meringue pie has less cholesterol.

Food varieties used in this article are Desserts, flan, caramel custard, prepared-from-recipe and Pie, lemon meringue, prepared from recipe.

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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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 6.4% 25% 10% 14% 9.3% 13% 41% 6.9% 1.3% 47%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 4.3% 3.6% 5.7% 38% 14% 7.6% 18% 32% 17% 63%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +50%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +591.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +81.5%
Contains more ZincZinc +67.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +128.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium -78.1%
Contains more IronIron +163.2%
Contains more CopperCopper +50%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +1180%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +33.3%

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.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 15% 4.6% 0% 8% 48% 1.5% 31% 10% 45% 0.5% 6.8% 0%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 11% 14% 0% 0% 30% 37% 18% 13% 6.2% 15% 0% 19% 0%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +32.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +140.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +63%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +200%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +∞%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +268.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +1051.2%
Contains more FolateFolate +177.8%
~equal in Vitamin A ~43µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~µg
~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Crème caramel Lemon meringue pie DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat 0.392g 3.331g 20%
Fats 4.03g 12.9g 14%
Cholesterol 90mg 53mg 12%
Monounsaturated fat 1.266g 5.582g 11%
Vitamin B12 0.36µg 0.12µg 10%
Phosphorus 96mg 42mg 8%
Sodium 53mg 242mg 8%
Iron 0.38mg 1mg 8%
Calories 145kcal 285kcal 7%
Vitamin B1 0.032mg 0.118mg 7%
Calcium 83mg 12mg 7%
Saturated fat 1.799g 3.185g 6%
Vitamin B5 0.514mg 0.214mg 6%
Selenium 8.7µg 11.6µg 5%
Vitamin B3 0.082mg 0.944mg 5%
Manganese 0.01mg 0.128mg 5%
Carbs 22.78g 39.1g 5%
Folate 9µg 25µg 4%
Vitamin B2 0.21mg 0.159mg 4%
Vitamin C 0mg 3.3mg 4%
Copper 0.028mg 0.042mg 2%
Potassium 118mg 65mg 2%
Vitamin E 0.23mg 2%
Zinc 0.47mg 0.28mg 2%
Vitamin B6 0.044mg 0.027mg 1%
Protein 4.53g 3.8g 1%
Magnesium 9mg 6mg 1%
Net carbs 22.78g 39.1g N/A
Sugar 23.15g N/A
Vitamin A 46µg 43µg 0%
Vitamin K 0.2µg 0%
Tryptophan 0.046mg 0%
Threonine 0.143mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.169mg 0%
Leucine 0.292mg 0%
Lysine 0.181mg 0%
Methionine 0.092mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.194mg 0%
Valine 0.192mg 0%
Histidine 0.087mg 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0.001g 0g N/A
Omega-3 - DHA 0.007g 0.005g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
5% 4% 23% 68%
Protein: 4.53 g
Fats: 4.03 g
Carbs: 22.78 g
Water: 68.05 g
Other: 0.61 g
4% 13% 39% 43%
Protein: 3.8 g
Fats: 12.9 g
Carbs: 39.1 g
Water: 43.3 g
Other: 0.9 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +19.2%
Contains more WaterWater +57.2%
Contains more FatsFats +220.1%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +71.6%
Contains more OtherOther +47.5%

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
52% 37% 11%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 1.799 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 1.266 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.392 g
26% 46% 28%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 3.185 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 5.582 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 3.331 g
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -43.5%
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +340.9%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +749.7%

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Crème caramel - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/167574/nutrients
  2. Lemon meringue pie - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/175018/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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