Cocoa butter vs. Babassu oil — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between cocoa butter and babassu oil

Cocoa butter has more monounsaturated fat and polyunsaturated fat; however, babassu oil is higher in vitamin E.
Babassu oil covers your daily vitamin E needs 115% more than cocoa butter.
Babassu oil contains 3 times less monounsaturated fat than cocoa butter. Cocoa butter contains 32.9g of monounsaturated fat, while babassu oil contains 11.4g.
Cocoa butter has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Oil, cocoa butter and Oil, babassu.

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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.

Cocoa butter

Babassu oil

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~mg

~equal in Selenium ~0µg

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.

Cocoa butter

Babassu oil

Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K

+∞%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E

+961.1%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin E	1.8mg	19.1mg	115%
Saturated fat	59.7g	81.2g	98%
Monounsaturated fat	32.9g	11.4g	54%
Vitamin K	24.7µg		21%
Polyunsaturated fat	3g	1.6g	9%
Calories	884kcal	884kcal	0%
Weight per 100 calories	11g	11g	N/A
Fats	100g	100g	0%
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	0.6	0.16	N/A
Choline	0.3mg		0%