Pizza vs. Soft serve — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between pizza and soft serve

Pizza is higher than soft serve in selenium, vitamin B1, iron, vitamin B3, folate, manganese, and phosphorus.
Pizza covers your daily selenium needs 31% more than soft serve.
Pizza contains 72 times more manganese than soft serve. While pizza contains 0.36mg of manganese, soft serve contains only 0.005mg.
The amount of sodium in soft serve is lower.
The glycemic index of pizza is lower.

Food varieties used in this article are Fast Food, Pizza Chain, 14" pizza, cheese topping, regular crust and Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate.

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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.

Pizza

Soft serve

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+100%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+43.5%
Contains more IronIron	+1081%
Contains more CopperCopper	+250%
Contains more ZincZinc	+157.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+86.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+7100%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+563.3%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-89.8%

~equal in Potassium ~177mg

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.

Pizza

Soft serve

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+75%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+36.1%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+695.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+3926.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+66.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+644.4%
Contains more FolateFolate	+933.3%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+134.8%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+19%
Contains more CholineCholine	+58.5%

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.182mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	19.9µg	3µg	31%
Vitamin B1	0.39mg	0.049mg	28%
Iron	2.48mg	0.21mg	28%
Cholesterol	17mg	91mg	25%
Vitamin B3	3.825mg	0.095mg	23%
Sodium	598mg	61mg	23%
Folate	93µg	9µg	21%
Protein	11.39g	4.1g	15%
Manganese	0.36mg	0.005mg	15%
Saturated fat	4.465g	7.46g	14%
Phosphorus	216mg	116mg	14%
Starch	26.95g		11%
Vitamin A	69µg	162µg	10%
Vitamin B5		0.506mg	10%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.681g	0.46g	8%
Copper	0.105mg	0.03mg	8%
Zinc	1.34mg	0.52mg	7%
Fiber	2.3g	0.7g	6%
Calcium	188mg	131mg	6%
Vitamin K	6.7µg	0.9µg	5%
Fats	9.69g	13g	5%
Vitamin D	0IU	29IU	4%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.7µg	4%
Carbs	33.33g	22.2g	4%
Vitamin B12	0.42µg	0.5µg	3%
Magnesium	24mg	12mg	3%
Choline	16.4mg	26mg	2%
Monounsaturated fat	2.608g	3.49g	2%
Calories	266kcal	222kcal	2%
Vitamin B6	0.08mg	0.048mg	2%
Fructose	1g		1%
Vitamin E	0.83mg	0.61mg	1%
Vitamin C	1.4mg	0.8mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.195mg	0.182mg	1%
Caffeine	0mg	2mg	1%
Net carbs	31.03g	21.5g	N/A
Potassium	172mg	177mg	0%
Sugar	3.58g	21.16g	N/A
Trans fat	0.241g		N/A
Tryptophan		0.048mg	0%
Threonine	0.41mg	0.169mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.564mg	0.215mg	0%
Leucine	1.139mg	0.353mg	0%
Lysine	0.77mg	0.296mg	0%
Methionine	0.264mg	0.091mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.664mg	0.176mg	0%
Valine	0.72mg	0.241mg	0%
Histidine	0.355mg	0.099mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.004g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.175g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.004g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.003g		N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid	0.009g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.003g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	1.367g		N/A