Puff pastry vs. Cream cheese — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are puff pastry and cream cheese different?

Puff pastry is richer in iron, selenium, vitamin B1, vitamin B3, manganese, vitamin K, and folate, while cream cheese is higher in vitamin A.
Cream cheese covers your daily need for saturated fat, 74% more than puff pastry.
Puff pastry contains 45 times more manganese than cream cheese. Puff pastry contains 0.495mg of manganese, while cream cheese contains 0.011mg.
Puff pastry is lower in saturated fat.
Puff pastry has a higher glycemic index (56) than cream cheese (0).

Puff pastry, frozen, ready-to-bake, baked and Cheese, cream 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.

Puff pastry

Cream cheese

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+77.8%
Contains more IronIron	+2263.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+538.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-19.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+4400%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+184.9%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+870%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+112.9%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+78.3%

~equal in Zinc ~0.5mg

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.

Puff pastry

Cream cheese

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+1304.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+12.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+4075.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+676.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+511.1%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+56.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+194.7%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+338.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	22.228g	1.483g	138%
Saturated fat	5.502g	20.213g	67%
Vitamin A	0µg	308µg	34%
Cholesterol	0mg	101mg	34%
Iron	2.6mg	0.11mg	31%
Selenium	24.5µg	8.6µg	29%
Vitamin B1	0.323mg	0.023mg	25%
Vitamin B3	3.8mg	0.091mg	23%
Manganese	0.495mg	0.011mg	21%
Carbs	45.7g	5.52g	13%
Folate	55µg	9µg	12%
Vitamin K	16.3µg	2.1µg	12%
Copper	0.115mg	0.018mg	11%
Vitamin B5	0mg	0.517mg	10%
Calories	558kcal	350kcal	10%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.22µg	9%
Calcium	10mg	97mg	9%
Phosphorus	60mg	107mg	7%
Fats	38.5g	34.44g	6%
Fiber	1.5g	0g	6%
Choline	6.2mg	27.2mg	4%
Protein	7.4g	6.15g	3%
Vitamin B6	0.019mg	0.056mg	3%
Sodium	253mg	314mg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.258mg	0.23mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.55mg	0.86mg	2%
Potassium	62mg	132mg	2%
Magnesium	16mg	9mg	2%
Net carbs	44.2g	5.52g	N/A
Sugar	0.75g	3.76g	N/A
Zinc	0.54mg	0.5mg	0%
Starch		0.35g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	8.828g	8.907g	0%
Tryptophan	0.086mg	0.069mg	0%
Threonine	0.198mg	0.233mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.275mg	0.324mg	0%
Leucine	0.514mg	0.657mg	0%
Lysine	0.144mg	0.567mg	0%
Methionine	0.131mg	0.191mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.367mg	0.291mg	0%
Valine	0.312mg	0.395mg	0%
Histidine	0.158mg	0.175mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.125g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.036g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.007g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.807g	N/A