Chocolate cake vs. Chocolate brownie — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between chocolate cake and chocolate brownie

Chocolate cake has less fats, copper, manganese, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat.
Chocolate brownie covers your daily fats needs 22% more than chocolate cake.
Chocolate cake has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Cake, chocolate, prepared from recipe without frosting and Cookies, brownies, prepared from recipe.

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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.

Chocolate cake

Chocolate brownie

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+65.6%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+25.7%
Contains more IronIron	+14.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+87.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+40.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+24.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+109.6%

~equal in Calcium ~57mg

~equal in Sodium ~343mg

~equal in Selenium ~11.5µg

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.

Chocolate cake

Chocolate brownie

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+12.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+15.8%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+50%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+129.3%

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.141mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.328mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0.16µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~29µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	2.761g	9.412g	44%
Choline	128.4mg		23%
Fats	15.1g	29.1g	22%
Copper	0.207mg	0.388mg	20%
Vitamin A		176µg	20%
Manganese	0.28mg	0.587mg	13%
Monounsaturated fat	6.039g	10.839g	12%
Saturated fat	5.43g	7.319g	9%
Fiber	1.6g		6%
Calories	371kcal	466kcal	5%
Cholesterol	58mg	73mg	5%
Magnesium	32mg	53mg	5%
Phosphorus	106mg	132mg	4%
Vitamin B6	0.041mg	0.094mg	4%
Iron	1.61mg	1.84mg	3%
Zinc	0.69mg	0.97mg	3%
Protein	5.3g	6.2g	2%
Vitamin B2	0.213mg	0.19mg	2%
Carbs	53.4g	50.2g	1%
Potassium	140mg	176mg	1%
Sodium	315mg	343mg	1%
Selenium	11.9µg	11.5µg	1%
Vitamin B3	1.137mg	0.982mg	1%
Folate	27µg	29µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	1.4g	1.3g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	700kcal	752kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	27g	21g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	1.6	2.8	N/A
Vitamin C	0.2mg	0.3mg	0%
Net carbs	51.8g	50.2g	N/A
Calcium	60mg	57mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.141mg	0.141mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.304mg	0.328mg	0%
Vitamin B12	0.16µg	0.16µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.068mg	0.078mg	0%
Threonine	0.202mg	0.228mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.24mg	0.265mg	0%
Leucine	0.407mg	0.447mg	0%
Lysine	0.268mg	0.283mg	0%
Methionine	0.116mg	0.132mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.265mg	0.298mg	0%
Valine	0.283mg	0.323mg	0%
Histidine	0.12mg	0.136mg	0%
Omega-3 (EPA)	0g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 (DHA)	0.005g	0.006g	N/A