Matzo vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between matzo and butter cookie

Matzo has more selenium, manganese, and iron; however, butter cookie has more copper, vitamin B12, folate, and vitamin A.
Butter cookie's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 54% more.
Matzo has 4 times more selenium than butter cookie. Matzo has 36.9µg of selenium, while butter cookie has 8.4µg.
Matzo is lower in saturated fat.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Crackers, matzo, plain and Cookies, butter, commercially prepared, enriched.

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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.

Matzo

Butter cookie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+108.3%
Contains more IronIron	+42.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+78.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-100%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+282.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+339.3%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+123.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+233.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+14.6%

~equal in Potassium ~111mg

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.

Matzo

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+22%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+219.4%
Contains more CholineCholine	+66.2%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+866.7%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+15.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+10.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+466.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+347.1%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.37mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	36.9µg	8.4µg	52%
Saturated fat	0.226g	11.051g	49%
Cholesterol	0mg	117mg	39%
Fats	1.4g	18.8g	27%
Manganese	0.65mg	0.17mg	21%
Vitamin A	0µg	165µg	18%
Copper	0.06mg	0.2mg	16%
Folate	17µg	76µg	15%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.36µg	15%
Monounsaturated fat	0.127g	5.522g	13%
Iron	3.16mg	2.22mg	12%
Sodium	0mg	282mg	12%
Fiber	3g	0.8g	9%
Protein	10g	6.1g	8%
Vitamin B6	0.115mg	0.036mg	6%
Carbs	83.7g	68.9g	5%
Vitamin B3	3.892mg	3.19mg	4%
Calories	395kcal	467kcal	4%
Vitamin E	0.06mg	0.58mg	3%
Magnesium	25mg	12mg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.291mg	0.335mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.603g	0.982g	3%
Zinc	0.68mg	0.38mg	3%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.4µg	2%
Phosphorus	89mg	102mg	2%
Calcium	13mg	29mg	2%
Vitamin D	0IU	16IU	2%
Choline	10.8mg	6.5mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.387mg	0.37mg	1%
Vitamin K	0.3µg	1.7µg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.443mg	0.488mg	1%
Net carbs	80.7g	68.1g	N/A
Potassium	112mg	111mg	0%
Sugar	0.29g	20.24g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.116mg	0.084mg	0%
Threonine	0.267mg	0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.371mg	0.277mg	0%
Leucine	0.692mg	0.471mg	0%
Lysine	0.193mg	0.308mg	0%
Methionine	0.176mg	0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.494mg	0.299mg	0%
Valine	0.42mg	0.315mg	0%
Histidine	0.213mg	0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.007g	N/A