Soft serve vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Differences between soft serve and butter cookie

Soft serve has more calcium, while butter cookie has more vitamin B1, iron, vitamin B3, copper, folate, vitamin B2, and selenium.
Butter cookie's daily need coverage for vitamin B1 is 27% higher.
Butter cookie contains 5 times less calcium than soft serve. Soft serve contains 131mg of calcium, while butter cookie contains 29mg.
The amount of saturated fat in soft serve is lower.
Butter cookie has a lower glycemic index. The glycemic index of butter cookie is 55, while the glycemic index of soft serve is 79.

The food types used in this comparison are Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate 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.

Soft serve

Butter cookie

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+351.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+59.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+36.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+13.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-78.4%

Contains more IronIron	+957.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+566.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+3300%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+180%

~equal in Magnesium ~12mg

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.

Soft serve

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+75%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+33.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+38.9%
Contains more CholineCholine	+300%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+655.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+84.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+3257.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+88.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+744.4%

~equal in Vitamin A ~165µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.58mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.488mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B1	0.049mg	0.37mg	27%
Iron	0.21mg	2.22mg	25%
Vitamin B3	0.095mg	3.19mg	19%
Copper	0.03mg	0.2mg	19%
Folate	9µg	76µg	17%
Saturated fat	7.46g	11.051g	16%
Carbs	22.2g	68.9g	16%
Vitamin B2	0.182mg	0.335mg	12%
Calories	222kcal	467kcal	12%
Calcium	131mg	29mg	10%
Sodium	61mg	282mg	10%
Selenium	3µg	8.4µg	10%
Fats	13g	18.8g	9%
Cholesterol	91mg	117mg	9%
Manganese	0.005mg	0.17mg	7%
Vitamin B12	0.5µg	0.36µg	6%
Monounsaturated fat	3.49g	5.522g	5%
Choline	26mg	6.5mg	4%
Protein	4.1g	6.1g	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.46g	0.982g	3%
Potassium	177mg	111mg	2%
Phosphorus	116mg	102mg	2%
Vitamin D	0.7µg	0.4µg	2%
Vitamin D	29IU	16IU	2%
Caffeine	2mg	0mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.048mg	0.036mg	1%
Vitamin K	0.9µg	1.7µg	1%
Vitamin C	0.8mg	0mg	1%
Zinc	0.52mg	0.38mg	1%
Net carbs	21.5g	68.1g	N/A
Magnesium	12mg	12mg	0%
Sugar	21.16g	20.24g	N/A
Fiber	0.7g	0.8g	0%
Vitamin A	162µg	165µg	0%
Vitamin E	0.61mg	0.58mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.506mg	0.488mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.048mg	0.084mg	0%
Threonine	0.169mg	0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.215mg	0.277mg	0%
Leucine	0.353mg	0.471mg	0%
Lysine	0.296mg	0.308mg	0%
Methionine	0.091mg	0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.176mg	0.299mg	0%
Valine	0.241mg	0.315mg	0%
Histidine	0.099mg	0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.007g	N/A