Yellow cake vs. Butter cookie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between yellow cake and butter cookie

Yellow cake has more vitamin E and vitamin K; however, butter cookie is higher in vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B12, vitamin B3, folate, and vitamin A.
Butter cookie covers your daily cholesterol needs 34% more than yellow cake.
Butter cookie contains 15 times less vitamin K than yellow cake. Yellow cake contains 25.1µg of vitamin K, while butter cookie contains 1.7µg.
Yellow cake has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Cake, yellow, commercially prepared, with chocolate frosting, in-store bakery 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.

Yellow cake

Butter cookie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+66.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+68.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+35.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+30.6%

Contains more CopperCopper	+25.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+42.4%

~equal in Calcium ~29mg

~equal in Iron ~2.22mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.38mg

~equal in Sodium ~282mg

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.

Yellow cake

Butter cookie

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+675.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1376.5%
Contains more CholineCholine	+167.7%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+2257.1%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+100%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+760.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+260.2%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+298.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+195.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+245.5%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Cholesterol	16mg	117mg	34%
Vitamin B1	0.043mg	0.37mg	27%
Vitamin E	4.5mg	0.58mg	26%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.728g	0.982g	25%
Saturated fat	5.793g	11.051g	24%
Vitamin K	25.1µg	1.7µg	20%
Vitamin B2	0.093mg	0.335mg	19%
Vitamin A	7µg	165µg	18%
Vitamin B3	0.8mg	3.19mg	15%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.36µg	15%
Folate	22µg	76µg	14%
Protein	3.16g	6.1g	6%
Vitamin B5	0.165mg	0.488mg	6%
Carbs	55.36g	68.9g	5%
Copper	0.159mg	0.2mg	5%
Selenium	5.9µg	8.4µg	5%
Phosphorus	138mg	102mg	5%
Monounsaturated fat	7.214g	5.522g	4%
Calories	379kcal	467kcal	4%
Starch	8.55g		4%
Fiber	1.5g	0.8g	3%
Vitamin B6	0mg	0.036mg	3%
Potassium	187mg	111mg	2%
Magnesium	20mg	12mg	2%
Manganese	0.222mg	0.17mg	2%
Fats	17.75g	18.8g	2%
Iron	2.03mg	2.22mg	2%
Choline	17.4mg	6.5mg	2%
Vitamin D	6IU	16IU	1%
Sodium	310mg	282mg	1%
Vitamin D	0.2µg	0.4µg	1%
Fructose	0.62g		1%
Net carbs	53.86g	68.1g	N/A
Calcium	32mg	29mg	0%
Sugar	39.22g	20.24g	N/A
Zinc	0.42mg	0.38mg	0%
Trans fat	1.313g		N/A
Tryptophan		0.084mg	0%
Threonine		0.215mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.277mg	0%
Leucine		0.471mg	0%
Lysine		0.308mg	0%
Methionine		0.131mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.299mg	0%
Valine		0.315mg	0%
Histidine		0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.007g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.474g		N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.026g		N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid	0.001g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.004g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	3.999g		N/A