Pastry vs. Puff pastry — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

Compare

How are pastry and puff pastry different?

Pastry is richer in vitamin B1, folate, and monounsaturated fat, while puff pastry is higher in polyunsaturated fat.
Pastry covers your daily need for saturated fat, 21% more than puff pastry.
Pastry contains 2 times more monounsaturated fat than puff pastry. Pastry contains 21.597g of monounsaturated fat, while puff pastry contains 8.828g.
Puff pastry is lower in saturated fat.

Puff pastry, frozen, ready-to-bake and Puff pastry, frozen, ready-to-bake, baked types were used in this article.

Infographic

Infographic link

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

Puff pastry

~equal in Magnesium ~16mg

~equal in Calcium ~10mg

~equal in Potassium ~62mg

~equal in Iron ~2.6mg

~equal in Copper ~0.115mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.54mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~60mg

~equal in Sodium ~253mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.495mg

~equal in Selenium ~24.5µg

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

Puff pastry

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+23.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+41.8%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.55mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.258mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~3.8mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.019mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~16.3µg

~equal in Choline ~6.2mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	4.894g	22.228g	116%
Monounsaturated fat	21.597g	8.828g	32%
Saturated fat	9.643g	5.502g	19%
Vitamin B1	0.398mg	0.323mg	6%
Folate	78µg	55µg	6%
Vitamin B3	4.168mg	3.8mg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.283mg	0.258mg	2%
Selenium	24.2µg	24.5µg	1%
Fats	38.1g	38.5g	1%
Iron	2.56mg	2.6mg	1%
Calories	551kcal	558kcal	0%
Protein	7.3g	7.4g	0%
Net carbs	43.6g	44.2g	N/A
Carbs	45.1g	45.7g	0%
Magnesium	16mg	16mg	0%
Calcium	10mg	10mg	0%
Potassium	61mg	62mg	0%
Sugar	0.74g	0.75g	N/A
Fiber	1.5g	1.5g	0%
Copper	0.114mg	0.115mg	0%
Zinc	0.53mg	0.54mg	0%
Phosphorus	60mg	60mg	0%
Sodium	249mg	253mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.54mg	0.55mg	0%
Manganese	0.488mg	0.495mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.021mg	0.019mg	0%
Vitamin K	16.1µg	16.3µg	0%
Choline	6.4mg	6.2mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.085mg	0.086mg	0%
Threonine	0.196mg	0.198mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.272mg	0.275mg	0%
Leucine	0.508mg	0.514mg	0%
Lysine	0.142mg	0.144mg	0%
Methionine	0.129mg	0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.362mg	0.367mg	0%
Valine	0.308mg	0.312mg	0%
Histidine	0.156mg	0.158mg	0%