Butter vs. Quail eggs — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between butter and quail eggs

Butter has more fats and vitamin A; however, quail eggs are higher in vitamin B12, vitamin B2, selenium, iron, choline, and vitamin B5.
Butter covers your daily saturated fat needs 235% more than quail eggs.
Quail eggs contain 7 times less fats than butter. Butter contains 81.11g of fats, while quail eggs contain 11.09g.
Quail eggs have less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Butter, without salt and Egg, quail, whole, fresh, raw.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Butter

Quail eggs

Contains less SodiumSodium

-92.2%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+550%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+166.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+450%
Contains more IronIron	+18150%
Contains more CopperCopper	+287.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+1533.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+841.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+850%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+3100%

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Butter

Quail eggs

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+338.5%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+114.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+2233.3%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+2500%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+2223.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+257.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+1500.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+4900%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+829.4%
Contains more FolateFolate	+2100%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	50.489g	3.557g	213%
Cholesterol	215mg	844mg	210%
Fats	81.11g	11.09g	108%
Vitamin A	684µg	156µg	59%
Vitamin B12	0.17µg	1.58µg	59%
Vitamin B2	0.034mg	0.79mg	58%
Selenium	1µg	32µg	56%
Monounsaturated fat	23.43g	4.324g	48%
Iron	0.02mg	3.65mg	45%
Choline	18.8mg	263.4mg	44%
Vitamin B5	0.11mg	1.761mg	33%
Phosphorus	24mg	226mg	29%
Calories	717kcal	158kcal	28%
Protein	0.85g	13.05g	24%
Omega-3 (ALA)	0.315g		20%
Folate	3µg	66µg	16%
Zinc	0.09mg	1.47mg	13%
Omega-6 (Linoleic acid)	2.166g		13%
Vitamin B6	0.003mg	0.15mg	11%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.01g	1.324g	11%
Vitamin B1	0.005mg	0.13mg	10%
Vitamin E	2.32mg	1.08mg	8%
Vitamin D*	0 IU	55 IU	7%
Vitamin D	0µg	1.4µg	7%
Sodium	11mg	141mg	6%
Vitamin K	7µg	0.3µg	6%
Copper	0.016mg	0.062mg	5%
Calcium	24mg	64mg	4%
Magnesium	2mg	13mg	3%
Potassium	24mg	132mg	3%
Manganese	0.004mg	0.038mg	1%
Vitamin B3	0.042mg	0.15mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	0.12g	8.3g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	8435kcal	121kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	14g	63g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	0.52	1.6	N/A
Net carbs	0.06g	0.41g	N/A
Carbs	0.06g	0.41g	0%
Sugar	0.06g	0.4g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.012mg	0.209mg	0%
Threonine	0.038mg	0.641mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.051mg	0.816mg	0%
Leucine	0.083mg	1.146mg	0%
Lysine	0.067mg	0.881mg	0%
Methionine	0.021mg	0.421mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.041mg	0.737mg	0%
Valine	0.057mg	0.94mg	0%
Histidine	0.023mg	0.315mg	0%