Shortcake vs. Pastry — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between shortcake and pastry

Shortcake has more calcium and phosphorus; however, pastry is higher in selenium, vitamin B3, vitamin B1, manganese, and folate.
Pastry covers your daily need for saturated fat, 29% more than shortcake.
Shortcake has 21 times more calcium than pastry. While shortcake has 205mg of calcium, pastry has only 10mg.
Pastry has less sodium.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Cake, shortcake, biscuit-type, prepared from recipe and Puff pastry, frozen, ready-to-bake.

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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.

Shortcake

Pastry

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+1950%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+73.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+138.3%

Contains more CopperCopper	+50%
Contains more ZincZinc	+10.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-50.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+47.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+42.4%

~equal in Magnesium ~16mg

~equal in Iron ~2.56mg

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.

Shortcake

Pastry

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+42.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+28%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+62%
Contains more FolateFolate	+47.2%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.283mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Monounsaturated fat	6.045g	21.597g	39%
Fats	14.2g	38.1g	37%
Saturated fat	3.772g	9.643g	27%
Calcium	205mg	10mg	20%
Selenium	17µg	24.2µg	13%
Vitamin K		16.1µg	13%
Phosphorus	143mg	60mg	12%
Sodium	506mg	249mg	11%
Calories	346kcal	551kcal	10%
Vitamin B3	2.573mg	4.168mg	10%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.632g	4.894g	8%
Manganese	0.33mg	0.488mg	7%
Vitamin B1	0.311mg	0.398mg	7%
Fiber		1.5g	6%
Folate	53µg	78µg	6%
Vitamin B5	0.248mg	0mg	5%
Copper	0.076mg	0.114mg	4%
Vitamin E		0.54mg	4%
Vitamin B12	0.07µg	0µg	3%
Protein	6.1g	7.3g	2%
Vitamin A	18µg	0µg	2%
Carbs	48.5g	45.1g	1%
Cholesterol	3mg	0mg	1%
Potassium	106mg	61mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.272mg	0.283mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.03mg	0.021mg	1%
Choline		6.4mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	1.8g	1.3g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	567kcal	755kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	29g	18g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	2.6	2.7	N/A
Vitamin C	0.2mg	0mg	0%
Net carbs	48.5g	43.6g	N/A
Magnesium	16mg	16mg	0%
Iron	2.54mg	2.56mg	0%
Sugar		0.74g	N/A
Zinc	0.48mg	0.53mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.076mg	0.085mg	0%
Threonine	0.184mg	0.196mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.238mg	0.272mg	0%
Leucine	0.449mg	0.508mg	0%
Lysine	0.197mg	0.142mg	0%
Methionine	0.115mg	0.129mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.302mg	0.362mg	0%
Valine	0.273mg	0.308mg	0%
Histidine	0.14mg	0.156mg	0%