Puff pastry vs. Pastry — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are puff pastry and pastry different?

Puff pastry is richer in polyunsaturated fat, while pastry is higher in vitamin B1, folate, and monounsaturated fat.
Pastry covers your daily need for saturated fat, 21% more than puff pastry.
Puff pastry contains 5 times more polyunsaturated fat than pastry. Puff pastry contains 22.228g of polyunsaturated fat, while pastry contains 4.894g.
Puff pastry is lower in saturated fat.

Puff pastry, frozen, ready-to-bake, baked and Puff pastry, frozen, ready-to-bake 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

Pastry

~equal in Magnesium ~16mg

~equal in Calcium ~10mg

~equal in Potassium ~61mg

~equal in Iron ~2.56mg

~equal in Copper ~0.114mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.53mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~60mg

~equal in Sodium ~249mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.488mg

~equal in Selenium ~24.2µg

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

Pastry

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+23.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+10.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+41.8%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.54mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.283mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~4.168mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~16.1µg

~equal in Choline ~6.4mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

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