Dried fruit vs. Soft serve — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are dried fruit and soft serve different?

Dried fruit is richer in vitamin A, copper, iron, potassium, fiber, vitamin E, and vitamin B3, while soft serve is higher in vitamin B12.
Dried fruit covers your daily need for vitamin A, 60% more than soft serve.
Dried fruit contains 27 times more vitamin B3 than soft serve. Dried fruit contains 2.589mg of vitamin B3, while soft serve contains 0.095mg.
Dried fruit is lower in saturated fat.
Soft serve has a higher glycemic index (79) than dried fruit (31).

Apricots, dried, sulfured, uncooked and Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate types were 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.

Dried fruit

Soft serve

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+166.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+556.5%
Contains more IronIron	+1166.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+1043.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-83.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+4600%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+138.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+33.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+63.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+36.4%

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.

Dried fruit

Soft serve

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+25%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+609.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+2625.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+197.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+244.4%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+226.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+145.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+87.1%

~equal in Vitamin A ~162µg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.506mg

~equal in Folate ~9µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	0.343mg	0.03mg	35%
Saturated fat	0.017g	7.46g	34%
Iron	2.66mg	0.21mg	31%
Cholesterol	0mg	91mg	30%
Potassium	1162mg	177mg	29%
Fiber	7.3g	0.7g	26%
Vitamin E	4.33mg	0.61mg	25%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.5µg	21%
Fats	0.51g	13g	19%
Vitamin B3	2.589mg	0.095mg	16%
Fructose	12.47g		16%
Carbs	62.64g	22.2g	13%
Manganese	0.235mg	0.005mg	10%
Monounsaturated fat	0.074g	3.49g	9%
Calcium	55mg	131mg	8%
Vitamin B2	0.074mg	0.182mg	8%
Vitamin B6	0.143mg	0.048mg	7%
Phosphorus	71mg	116mg	6%
Magnesium	32mg	12mg	5%
Vitamin D	0IU	29IU	4%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.7µg	4%
Vitamin B1	0.015mg	0.049mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.074g	0.46g	3%
Sodium	10mg	61mg	2%
Vitamin K	3.1µg	0.9µg	2%
Vitamin A	180µg	162µg	2%
Choline	13.9mg	26mg	2%
Calories	241kcal	222kcal	1%
Selenium	2.2µg	3µg	1%
Caffeine	0mg	2mg	1%
Protein	3.39g	4.1g	1%
Zinc	0.39mg	0.52mg	1%
Vitamin C	1mg	0.8mg	0%
Net carbs	55.34g	21.5g	N/A
Sugar	53.44g	21.16g	N/A
Starch	0.35g		0%
Vitamin B5	0.516mg	0.506mg	0%
Folate	10µg	9µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.016mg	0.048mg	0%
Threonine	0.073mg	0.169mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.063mg	0.215mg	0%
Leucine	0.105mg	0.353mg	0%
Lysine	0.083mg	0.296mg	0%
Methionine	0.015mg	0.091mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.062mg	0.176mg	0%
Valine	0.078mg	0.241mg	0%
Histidine	0.047mg	0.099mg	0%