Lima beans vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between lima beans and butter cookie?

Lima beans are higher in fiber and manganese, yet butter cookie is higher in vitamin B2, vitamin B1, vitamin B3, vitamin B12, and vitamin A.
Butter cookie's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 55% more.
Lima beans have 9 times more fiber than butter cookie. While lima beans have 7g of fiber, butter cookie has only 0.8g.
The amount of saturated fat in lima beans is lower.
The glycemic index of lima beans is lower.

We used Lima beans, large, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, enriched 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.

Lima beans

Butter cookie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+258.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+357.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+17.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+150%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-99.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+203.5%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+70.6%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+86.7%

~equal in Iron ~2.22mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~102mg

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.

Lima beans

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+347.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+17.6%
Contains more CholineCholine	+400%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+222.2%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+129.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+509.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+657.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+15.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Folate ~76µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	0.089g	11.051g	50%
Cholesterol	0mg	117mg	39%
Fats	0.38g	18.8g	28%
Fiber	7g	0.8g	25%
Vitamin B2	0.055mg	0.335mg	22%
Calories	115kcal	467kcal	18%
Vitamin A	0µg	165µg	18%
Vitamin B3	0.421mg	3.19mg	17%
Vitamin B1	0.161mg	0.37mg	17%
Carbs	20.88g	68.9g	16%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.36µg	15%
Manganese	0.516mg	0.17mg	15%
Monounsaturated fat	0.034g	5.522g	14%
Sodium	2mg	282mg	12%
Potassium	508mg	111mg	12%
Vitamin B6	0.161mg	0.036mg	10%
Selenium	4.5µg	8.4µg	7%
Magnesium	43mg	12mg	7%
Choline	32.5mg	6.5mg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.171g	0.982g	5%
Zinc	0.95mg	0.38mg	5%
Copper	0.235mg	0.2mg	4%
Vitamin E	0.18mg	0.58mg	3%
Protein	7.8g	6.1g	3%
Folate	83µg	76µg	2%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.4µg	2%
Vitamin D	0IU	16IU	2%
Iron	2.39mg	2.22mg	2%
Phosphorus	111mg	102mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.422mg	0.488mg	1%
Calcium	17mg	29mg	1%
Net carbs	13.88g	68.1g	N/A
Sugar	2.9g	20.24g	N/A
Vitamin K	2µg	1.7µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.092mg	0.084mg	0%
Threonine	0.337mg	0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.411mg	0.277mg	0%
Leucine	0.673mg	0.471mg	0%
Lysine	0.523mg	0.308mg	0%
Methionine	0.099mg	0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.449mg	0.299mg	0%
Valine	0.469mg	0.315mg	0%
Histidine	0.238mg	0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.007g	N/A