Pastry vs. Bread stuffing — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are pastry and bread stuffing different?

Pastry is richer in vitamin K, while bread stuffing is higher in selenium, folate, vitamin B1, iron, copper, phosphorus, and vitamin B6.
Bread stuffing covers your daily need for sodium, 50% more than pastry.
Pastry contains 15 times more vitamin K than bread stuffing. Pastry contains 16.1µg of vitamin K, while bread stuffing contains 1.1µg.
Bread stuffing is lower in saturated fat.
Bread stuffing has a higher glycemic index (75) than pastry (59).

Puff pastry, frozen, ready-to-bake and Bread stuffing, bread, dry mix 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.

Pastry

Bread stuffing

Contains less SodiumSodium

-82.3%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+150%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+870%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+303.3%
Contains more IronIron	+48.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+108.8%
Contains more ZincZinc	+75.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+135%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+21.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+98.3%

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.

Pastry

Bread stuffing

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+42.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1363.6%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+49.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+42.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+38.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+623.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+115.4%
Contains more CholineCholine	+128.1%

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All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Fats	38.1g	3.4g	53%
Sodium	249mg	1405mg	50%
Monounsaturated fat	21.597g	1.493g	50%
Selenium	24.2µg	48µg	43%
Saturated fat	9.643g	0.845g	40%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.894g	0.713g	28%
Folate	78µg	168µg	23%
Vitamin B1	0.398mg	0.596mg	17%
Iron	2.56mg	3.81mg	16%
Copper	0.114mg	0.238mg	14%
Vitamin K	16.1µg	1.1µg	13%
Phosphorus	60mg	141mg	12%
Vitamin B6	0.021mg	0.152mg	10%
Carbs	45.1g	76.2g	10%
Vitamin B3	4.168mg	5.766mg	10%
Calcium	10mg	97mg	9%
Vitamin B2	0.283mg	0.404mg	9%
Vitamin B5	0mg	0.398mg	8%
Calories	551kcal	386kcal	8%
Protein	7.3g	11g	7%
Fiber	1.5g	3.2g	7%
Magnesium	16mg	40mg	6%
Manganese	0.488mg	0.594mg	5%
Potassium	61mg	246mg	5%
Zinc	0.53mg	0.93mg	4%
Vitamin E	0.54mg	0.38mg	1%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.02µg	1%
Choline	6.4mg	14.6mg	1%
Net carbs	43.6g	73g	N/A
Cholesterol	0mg	1mg	0%
Sugar	0.74g	8.27g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.085mg	0.139mg	0%
Threonine	0.196mg	0.329mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.272mg	0.404mg	0%
Leucine	0.508mg	0.774mg	0%
Lysine	0.142mg	0.317mg	0%
Methionine	0.129mg	0.193mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.362mg	0.553mg	0%
Valine	0.308mg	0.464mg	0%
Histidine	0.156mg	0.251mg	0%