Gingerbread vs. Cookie dough — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are gingerbread and cookie dough different?

Gingerbread is richer in selenium, vitamin B6, magnesium, copper, iron, potassium, and polyunsaturated fat, while cookie dough is higher in phosphorus and monounsaturated fat.
Gingerbread covers your daily need for selenium, 13% more than cookie dough.
Gingerbread contains 5 times more vitamin B6 than cookie dough. Gingerbread contains 0.19mg of vitamin B6, while cookie dough contains 0.041mg.
Gingerbread has a higher glycemic index (86) than cookie dough (54).

Cake, gingerbread, prepared from recipe and Cookies, oatmeal, refrigerated dough 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.

Gingerbread

Cookie dough

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+150%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+129%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+198.6%
Contains more IronIron	+34.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+77.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+79.1%

Contains more ZincZinc	+64.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+92.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-10.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+12%

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.

Gingerbread

Cookie dough

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+250%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+363.4%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+50%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1

+23.2%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.148mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~1.865mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.372mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~35µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	16.3µg	9.1µg	13%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.216g	2.592g	11%
Vitamin B6	0.19mg	0.041mg	11%
Fiber		2.5g	10%
Magnesium	70mg	28mg	10%
Monounsaturated fat	7.124g	10.531g	9%
Potassium	439mg	147mg	9%
Iron	2.88mg	2.14mg	9%
Copper	0.195mg	0.11mg	9%
Phosphorus	54mg	104mg	7%
Manganese	0.683mg	0.765mg	4%
Fats	16.4g	18.9g	4%
Vitamin B1	0.19mg	0.234mg	4%
Calcium	71mg	31mg	4%
Protein	3.9g	5.4g	3%
Calories	356kcal	424kcal	3%
Saturated fat	4.122g	4.751g	3%
Cholesterol	32mg	24mg	3%
Carbs	49.2g	59.1g	3%
Zinc	0.39mg	0.64mg	2%
Folate	33µg	35µg	1%
Vitamin B12	0.06µg	0.04µg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.162mg	0.148mg	1%
Vitamin B3	1.738mg	1.865mg	1%
Vitamin A	14µg	4µg	1%
Sodium	327mg	294mg	1%
Vitamin C	0.1mg	0mg	0%
Net carbs	49.2g	56.6g	N/A
Vitamin B5	0.375mg	0.372mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.047mg	0.088mg	0%
Threonine	0.124mg	0.177mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.151mg	0.227mg	0%
Leucine	0.279mg	0.414mg	0%
Lysine	0.131mg	0.257mg	0%
Methionine	0.08mg	0.122mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.195mg	0.278mg	0%
Valine	0.173mg	0.291mg	0%
Histidine	0.087mg	0.125mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.003g	0.001g	N/A