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Toffee vs. Fruitcake — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between toffee and fruitcake

  • Toffee has more vitamin A, while fruitcake has more iron, fiber, manganese, and copper.
  • Toffee covers your daily need for saturated fat, 98% more than fruitcake.
  • Toffee contains 52 times more vitamin A than fruitcake. While toffee contains 1152IU of vitamin A, fruitcake contains only 22IU.
  • The amount of cholesterol in fruitcake is lower.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Candies, toffee, prepared-from-recipe and Cake, fruitcake, commercially prepared.

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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.
Toffee
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 2.9% 10% 4.5% 1.1% 1% 3.3% 14% 18% 0.26% 4.4%
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 11% 9.9% 14% 78% 17% 7.4% 22% 13% 29% 11%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +300%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +200%
Contains more IronIron +6800%
Contains more CopperCopper +1566.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +125%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +62.5%
Contains less SodiumSodium -25.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +10900%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +150%
~equal in Calcium ~33mg

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.
Toffee
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0.67% 106% 19% 0% 2% 16% 0.54% 8% 2.1% 14% 7% 1.5% 0%
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 1.7% 2.3% 18% 0% 13% 23% 15% 14% 11% 1.3% 3.8% 15% 4.9%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +4457.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +1000%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +86.7%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +150%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +525%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +45.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +2627.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +68.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +411.1%
Contains more FolateFolate +900%
~equal in Vitamin E ~0.9mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Toffee Fruitcake DV% diff.
Saturated fat 20.565g 1.048g 89%
Fats 32.75g 9.1g 36%
Vitamin A 319µg 7µg 35%
Cholesterol 104mg 5mg 33%
Iron 0.03mg 2.07mg 26%
Fiber 0g 3.7g 15%
Polyunsaturated fat 1.222g 3.323g 14%
Calories 560kcal 324kcal 12%
Monounsaturated fat 8.964g 4.2g 12%
Manganese 0.002mg 0.22mg 9%
Folate 2µg 20µg 5%
Copper 0.003mg 0.05mg 5%
Vitamin B3 0.029mg 0.791mg 5%
Vitamin B1 0.008mg 0.05mg 4%
Protein 1.07g 2.9g 4%
Vitamin B12 0.11µg 0.01µg 4%
Phosphorus 32mg 52mg 3%
Potassium 51mg 153mg 3%
Vitamin B6 0.009mg 0.046mg 3%
Magnesium 4mg 16mg 3%
Choline 8.9mg 2%
Selenium 0.8µg 2µg 2%
Vitamin B2 0.068mg 0.099mg 2%
Vitamin B5 0.134mg 0.226mg 2%
Zinc 0.12mg 0.27mg 1%
Sodium 135mg 101mg 1%
Carbs 64.72g 61.6g 1%
Vitamin K 2.8µg 1.5µg 1%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0.5mg 0%
Net carbs 64.72g 57.9g N/A
Calcium 34mg 33mg 0%
Sugar 63.47g 27.42g N/A
Vitamin E 0.94mg 0.9mg 0%
Trans fat 0.674g N/A
Tryptophan 0.042mg 0%
Threonine 0.102mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.121mg 0%
Leucine 0.206mg 0%
Lysine 0.121mg 0%
Methionine 0.059mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.14mg 0%
Valine 0.144mg 0%
Histidine 0.071mg 0%
Omega-3 - DHA 0g 0.001g N/A
Omega-3 - ALA 0.065g N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid 0.445g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
Toffee
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33% 65%
Protein: 1.07 g
Fats: 32.75 g
Carbs: 64.72 g
Water: 0.55 g
Other: 0.91 g
3% 9% 62% 25%
Protein: 2.9 g
Fats: 9.1 g
Carbs: 61.6 g
Water: 25.3 g
Other: 1.1 g
Contains more FatsFats +259.9%
Contains more ProteinProtein +171%
Contains more WaterWater +4500%
Contains more OtherOther +20.9%
~equal in Carbs ~61.6g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
Toffee
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67% 29% 4%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 20.565 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 8.964 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 1.222 g
12% 49% 39%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 1.048 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 4.2 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 3.323 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +113.4%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -94.9%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +171.9%

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Toffee - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169671/nutrients
  2. Fruitcake - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174939/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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