Fruit salad vs. Apple pie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between fruit salad and apple pie?

Fruit salad is richer in vitamin A, yet apple pie is richer in iron, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, and monounsaturated fat.
Apple pie's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 19% higher.
Fruit salad has 5 times more vitamin A than apple pie. Fruit salad has 600IU of vitamin A, while apple pie has 124IU.
Fruit salad contains less sodium.
Apple pie has a lower glycemic index than fruit salad.

We used Fruit salad, (peach and pear and apricot and pineapple and cherry), canned, juice pack, solids, and liquids and Pie, apple, commercially prepared, unenriched flour types in this comparison.

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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.

Fruit salad

Apple pie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+14.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+78.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-98.1%

Contains more IronIron	+384%
Contains more ZincZinc	+14.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+71.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+20.5%

~equal in Calcium ~11mg

~equal in Copper ~0.046mg

~equal in Selenium ~µg

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.

Fruit salad

Apple pie

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+1118.2%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+1028.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+215.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+124.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+40.7%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+33.3%

~equal in Vitamin C ~3.2mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~29µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Fats	0.03g	11g	17%
Saturated fat	0.004g	3.797g	17%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.011g	2.198g	15%
Iron	0.25mg	1.21mg	12%
Vitamin B2	0.014mg	0.158mg	11%
Monounsaturated fat	0.005g	4.388g	11%
Sodium	5mg	266mg	11%
Vitamin B1	0.011mg	0.134mg	10%
Calories	50kcal	237kcal	9%
Carbs	13.05g	34g	7%
Vitamin B3	0.356mg	1.123mg	5%
Protein	0.51g	1.9g	3%
Potassium	116mg	65mg	2%
Fiber	1g	1.6g	2%
Phosphorus	14mg	24mg	1%
Manganese	0.151mg	0.182mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.053mg	0.119mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.027mg	0.038mg	1%
Vitamin C	3.3mg	3.2mg	0%
Net carbs	12.05g	32.4g	N/A
Magnesium	8mg	7mg	0%
Calcium	11mg	11mg	0%
Copper	0.05mg	0.046mg	0%
Zinc	0.14mg	0.16mg	0%
Vitamin A	30µg	29µg	0%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.01µg	0%
Folate	3µg	4µg	0%
Tryptophan		0.026mg	0%
Threonine		0.054mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.073mg	0%
Leucine		0.129mg	0%
Lysine		0.07mg	0%
Methionine		0.032mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.088mg	0%
Valine		0.084mg	0%
Histidine		0.038mg	0%