Soybean oil vs. Cocoa butter — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between soybean oil and cocoa butter

Cocoa butter has less vitamin E, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat.
Cocoa butter covers your daily saturated fat needs 224% more than soybean oil.
Cocoa butter contains 13 times less polyunsaturated fat than soybean oil. Soybean oil contains 37.6g of polyunsaturated fat, while cocoa butter contains 3g.
Soybean oil has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Oil, soybean, salad or cooking, (partially hydrogenated) and Oil, cocoa butter.

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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.

Soybean oil

Cocoa butter

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~0mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~0mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

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.

Soybean oil

Cocoa butter

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E

+350%

Contains more CholineCholine

+50%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~24.7µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	37.6g	3g	231%
Saturated fat	14.9g	59.7g	204%
Vitamin E	8.1mg	1.8mg	42%
Monounsaturated fat	43g	32.9g	25%
Calories	884kcal	884kcal	0%
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Vitamin K	24.7µg	24.7µg	0%
Choline	0.2mg	0.3mg	0%