Gingerbread vs. Lemon meringue pie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between gingerbread and lemon meringue pie?

Gingerbread is richer than lemon meringue pie in manganese, iron, copper, magnesium, vitamin B6, potassium, selenium, vitamin B1, and calcium.
Gingerbread's daily need coverage for manganese is 24% more.
Gingerbread has 12 times more magnesium than lemon meringue pie. While gingerbread has 70mg of magnesium, lemon meringue pie has only 6mg.
The amount of cholesterol in gingerbread is lower.
The glycemic index of lemon meringue pie is lower.

We used Cake, gingerbread, prepared from recipe and Pie, lemon meringue, prepared from recipe types 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

Lemon meringue pie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+1066.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+491.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+575.4%
Contains more IronIron	+188%
Contains more CopperCopper	+364.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+39.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+28.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+433.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+40.5%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-26%

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

Lemon meringue pie

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+61%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+84.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+75.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+603.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+32%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+3200%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+207.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+100%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.159mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Iron	2.88mg	1mg	24%
Manganese	0.683mg	0.128mg	24%
Copper	0.195mg	0.042mg	17%
Magnesium	70mg	6mg	15%
Vitamin B6	0.19mg	0.027mg	13%
Potassium	439mg	65mg	11%
Selenium	16.3µg	11.6µg	9%
Cholesterol	32mg	53mg	7%
Calcium	71mg	12mg	6%
Vitamin B1	0.19mg	0.118mg	6%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.216g	3.331g	6%
Fats	16.4g	12.9g	5%
Vitamin B3	1.738mg	0.944mg	5%
Calories	356kcal	285kcal	4%
Saturated fat	4.122g	3.185g	4%
Monounsaturated fat	7.124g	5.582g	4%
Sodium	327mg	242mg	4%
Vitamin C	0.1mg	3.3mg	4%
Vitamin A	14µg	43µg	3%
Carbs	49.2g	39.1g	3%
Vitamin B5	0.375mg	0.214mg	3%
Vitamin B12	0.06µg	0.12µg	3%
Folate	33µg	25µg	2%
Phosphorus	54mg	42mg	2%
Zinc	0.39mg	0.28mg	1%
Protein	3.9g	3.8g	0%
Net carbs	49.2g	39.1g	N/A
Vitamin B2	0.162mg	0.159mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.047mg	0.046mg	0%
Threonine	0.124mg	0.143mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.151mg	0.169mg	0%
Leucine	0.279mg	0.292mg	0%
Lysine	0.131mg	0.181mg	0%
Methionine	0.08mg	0.092mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.195mg	0.194mg	0%
Valine	0.173mg	0.192mg	0%
Histidine	0.087mg	0.087mg	0%
Omega-3 - DHA	0.003g	0.005g	N/A