Doughnuts vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between doughnuts and butter cookie

Doughnuts have more phosphorus, vitamin E, manganese, vitamin K, and choline; however, butter cookie is higher in vitamin A, vitamin B12, and copper.
Butter cookie covers your daily need for cholesterol, 36% more than doughnuts.
Doughnuts have 6 times more vitamin K than butter cookie. While doughnuts have 9.8µg of vitamin K, butter cookie has only 1.7µg.
Butter cookie has less sodium.
The glycemic index of doughnuts is higher.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Doughnuts, cake-type, plain (includes unsugared, old-fashioned) and Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, enriched.

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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.

Doughnuts

Butter cookie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+41.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+37.9%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+20.7%
Contains more IronIron	+14%
Contains more ZincZinc	+31.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+154.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+95.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+20.2%

Contains more CopperCopper	+122.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-40.9%

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.

Doughnuts

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+243.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+38.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+476.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+21.1%
Contains more CholineCholine	+473.8%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+4025%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+11.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+29.4%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+500%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.37mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~3.19mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Cholesterol	10mg	117mg	36%
Phosphorus	260mg	102mg	23%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.915g	0.982g	20%
Vitamin A	4µg	165µg	18%
Vitamin B12	0.06µg	0.36µg	13%
Copper	0.09mg	0.2mg	12%
Starch	25.91g		11%
Fats	24.93g	18.8g	9%
Vitamin E	1.99mg	0.58mg	9%
Sodium	477mg	282mg	8%
Monounsaturated fat	8.544g	5.522g	8%
Manganese	0.333mg	0.17mg	7%
Carbs	47.06g	68.9g	7%
Vitamin K	9.8µg	1.7µg	7%
Choline	37.3mg	6.5mg	6%
Iron	2.53mg	2.22mg	4%
Fiber	1.7g	0.8g	4%
Folate	92µg	76µg	4%
Selenium	10.1µg	8.4µg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.301mg	0.335mg	3%
Vitamin B5	0.377mg	0.488mg	2%
Protein	5.31g	6.1g	2%
Calories	434kcal	467kcal	2%
Vitamin B3	2.91mg	3.19mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.39mg	0.37mg	2%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.4µg	2%
Vitamin D	0IU	16IU	2%
Zinc	0.5mg	0.38mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.05mg	0.036mg	1%
Potassium	134mg	111mg	1%
Calcium	40mg	29mg	1%
Magnesium	17mg	12mg	1%
Net carbs	45.36g	68.1g	N/A
Sugar	18.15g	20.24g	N/A
Saturated fat	11.105g	11.051g	0%
Tryptophan		0.084mg	0%
Threonine		0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.277mg	0%
Leucine		0.471mg	0%
Lysine		0.308mg	0%
Methionine		0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.299mg	0%
Valine		0.315mg	0%
Histidine		0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g	0.007g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.239g		N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid	0.001g		N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.017g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.006g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	3.573g		N/A