Muenster cheese vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between muenster cheese and butter cookie

Muenster cheese has more calcium, phosphorus, vitamin B12, and zinc; however, butter cookie is higher in vitamin B1, iron, vitamin B3, copper, and folate.
Muenster cheese covers your daily calcium needs 69% more than butter cookie.
Butter cookie contains 7 times less zinc than muenster cheese. Muenster cheese contains 2.81mg of zinc, while butter cookie contains 0.38mg.
Butter cookie has less saturated fat.
The glycemic index of butter cookie is higher.

Food varieties used in this article are Cheese, muenster 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.

Muenster cheese

Butter cookie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+125%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+2372.4%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+20.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+639.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+358.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+72.6%

Contains more IronIron	+441.5%
Contains more CopperCopper	+545.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-55.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+2025%

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.

Muenster cheese

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+80.6%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+50%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+55.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+308.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+47.1%
Contains more CholineCholine	+136.9%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+123.1%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+2746.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+2997.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+156.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+533.3%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.335mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Calcium	717mg	29mg	69%
Phosphorus	468mg	102mg	52%
Vitamin B12	1.47µg	0.36µg	46%
Saturated fat	19.113g	11.051g	37%
Protein	23.41g	6.1g	35%
Vitamin B1	0.013mg	0.37mg	30%
Iron	0.41mg	2.22mg	23%
Carbs	1.12g	68.9g	23%
Zinc	2.81mg	0.38mg	22%
Vitamin B3	0.103mg	3.19mg	19%
Copper	0.031mg	0.2mg	19%
Fats	30.04g	18.8g	17%
Folate	12µg	76µg	16%
Sodium	628mg	282mg	15%
Vitamin A	298µg	165µg	15%
Selenium	14.5µg	8.4µg	11%
Monounsaturated fat	8.711g	5.522g	8%
Cholesterol	96mg	117mg	7%
Manganese	0.008mg	0.17mg	7%
Vitamin B5	0.19mg	0.488mg	6%
Calories	368kcal	467kcal	5%
Magnesium	27mg	12mg	4%
Fiber	0g	0.8g	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.661g	0.982g	2%
Vitamin E	0.26mg	0.58mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.056mg	0.036mg	2%
Choline	15.4mg	6.5mg	2%
Vitamin D	22IU	16IU	1%
Vitamin D	0.6µg	0.4µg	1%
Vitamin K	2.5µg	1.7µg	1%
Potassium	134mg	111mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.32mg	0.335mg	1%
Net carbs	1.12g	68.1g	N/A
Sugar	1.12g	20.24g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.327mg	0.084mg	0%
Threonine	0.888mg	0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.145mg	0.277mg	0%
Leucine	2.26mg	0.471mg	0%
Lysine	2.139mg	0.308mg	0%
Methionine	0.569mg	0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.24mg	0.299mg	0%
Valine	1.482mg	0.315mg	0%
Histidine	0.829mg	0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.007g	N/A