Carrot cake vs. Apple pie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between carrot cake and apple pie

Apple pie has less phosphorus, calcium, folate, carbs, manganese, vitamin B1, protein, and vitamin A.
Carrot cake covers your daily phosphorus needs 32% more than apple pie.
Apple pie contains 17 times less folate than carrot cake. Carrot cake contains 67µg of folate, while apple pie contains 4µg.
Apple pie has less sodium.

Food varieties used in this article are Cake, pudding-type, carrot, dry mix and Pie, apple, commercially prepared, unenriched flour.

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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.

Carrot cake

Apple pie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+14.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+1463.6%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+160%
Contains more IronIron	+48.8%
Contains more ZincZinc	+25%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+929.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+190.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+∞%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-53.1%

~equal in Copper ~0.046mg

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.

Carrot cake

Apple pie

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+234.5%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+97.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+96.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+147.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+107.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+300%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1575%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C

+166.7%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.158mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Phosphorus	247mg	24mg	32%
Selenium	14.9µg		27%
Calcium	172mg	11mg	16%
Folate	67µg	4µg	16%
Carbs	79.2g	34g	15%
Manganese	0.528mg	0.182mg	15%
Sodium	567mg	266mg	13%
Vitamin B1	0.265mg	0.134mg	11%
Saturated fat	1.472g	3.797g	11%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.702g	2.198g	10%
Calories	415kcal	237kcal	9%
Vitamin A	97µg	29µg	8%
Iron	1.8mg	1.21mg	7%
Vitamin B3	2.205mg	1.123mg	7%
Protein	5.1g	1.9g	6%
Fiber		1.6g	6%
Vitamin B5	0.294mg	0.119mg	4%
Potassium	169mg	65mg	3%
Vitamin B6	0.079mg	0.038mg	3%
Fats	9.8g	11g	2%
Vitamin C	1.2mg	3.2mg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.17mg	0.158mg	1%
Vitamin B12	0.04µg	0.01µg	1%
Monounsaturated fat	4.036g	4.388g	1%
Protein per 100 calories	1.2g	0.8g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	814kcal	1247kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	24g	42g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	5.3	1.7	N/A
Net carbs	79.2g	32.4g	N/A
Magnesium	8mg	7mg	0%
Copper	0.05mg	0.046mg	0%
Zinc	0.2mg	0.16mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.061mg	0.026mg	0%
Threonine	0.149mg	0.054mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.186mg	0.073mg	0%
Leucine	0.336mg	0.129mg	0%
Lysine	0.142mg	0.07mg	0%
Methionine	0.083mg	0.032mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.238mg	0.088mg	0%
Valine	0.212mg	0.084mg	0%
Histidine	0.109mg	0.038mg	0%