Pecan pie vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between pecan pie and butter cookie

Pecan pie has more manganese and selenium; however, butter cookie is richer in vitamin B1, vitamin B3, folate, vitamin B2, iron, and vitamin B12.
Butter cookie covers your daily saturated fat needs 35% more than pecan pie.
Butter cookie has 4 times less manganese than pecan pie. Pecan pie has 0.712mg of manganese, while butter cookie has 0.17mg.
Pecan pie contains less cholesterol.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Pie, pecan, prepared from recipe 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.

Pecan pie

Butter cookie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+116.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+19.8%
Contains more ZincZinc	+168.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+318.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+42.9%

Contains more IronIron

+50%

~equal in Calcium ~29mg

~equal in Copper ~0.2mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~102mg

~equal in Sodium ~282mg

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.

Pecan pie

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+66.7%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+101.2%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+96.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+86.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+276.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+111.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+192.3%

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.488mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	3.989g	11.051g	32%
Polyunsaturated fat	5.71g	0.982g	32%
Manganese	0.712mg	0.17mg	24%
Vitamin B1	0.188mg	0.37mg	15%
Vitamin B3	0.847mg	3.19mg	15%
Monounsaturated fat	11.181g	5.522g	14%
Folate	26µg	76µg	13%
Vitamin B2	0.18mg	0.335mg	12%
Cholesterol	87mg	117mg	10%
Vitamin A	82µg	165µg	9%
Iron	1.48mg	2.22mg	9%
Vitamin B12	0.17µg	0.36µg	8%
Selenium	12µg	8.4µg	7%
Carbs	52.2g	68.9g	6%
Zinc	1.02mg	0.38mg	6%
Fats	22.2g	18.8g	5%
Vitamin E		0.58mg	4%
Calories	412kcal	467kcal	3%
Fiber		0.8g	3%
Magnesium	26mg	12mg	3%
Vitamin D		16IU	2%
Vitamin B6	0.06mg	0.036mg	2%
Vitamin D		0.4µg	2%
Protein	4.9g	6.1g	2%
Phosphorus	94mg	102mg	1%
Choline		6.5mg	1%
Vitamin K		1.7µg	1%
Sodium	262mg	282mg	1%
Potassium	133mg	111mg	1%
Copper	0.211mg	0.2mg	1%
Vitamin C	0.2mg	0mg	0%
Net carbs	52.2g	68.1g	N/A
Calcium	32mg	29mg	0%
Sugar		20.24g	N/A
Vitamin B5	0.479mg	0.488mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.069mg	0.084mg	0%
Threonine	0.189mg	0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.223mg	0.277mg	0%
Leucine	0.372mg	0.471mg	0%
Lysine	0.248mg	0.308mg	0%
Methionine	0.125mg	0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.25mg	0.299mg	0%
Valine	0.255mg	0.315mg	0%
Histidine	0.116mg	0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.008g	0.007g	N/A