Fruitcake vs. Croissant — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are fruitcake and croissant different?

Croissant has more selenium, vitamin B1, folate, vitamin A, vitamin B5, vitamin B2, and vitamin B3 than fruitcake.
Daily need coverage for saturated fat for croissant is 53% higher.
Fruitcake has less sodium.

Cake, fruitcake, commercially prepared and Croissants, butter are the varieties used in this article.

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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.

Fruitcake

Croissant

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+29.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-78.4%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+12.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+60%
Contains more ZincZinc	+177.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+101.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+50%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+1035%

~equal in Magnesium ~16mg

~equal in Iron ~2.03mg

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.

Fruitcake

Croissant

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C

+150%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+2842.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+676%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+143.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+176.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+281%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+26.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+1500%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+20%
Contains more FolateFolate	+340%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.84mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	1.048g	11.659g	48%
Selenium	2µg	22.7µg	38%
Vitamin B1	0.05mg	0.388mg	28%
Vitamin A	7µg	206µg	22%
Cholesterol	5mg	67mg	21%
Fats	9.1g	21g	18%
Folate	20µg	88µg	17%
Sodium	101mg	467mg	16%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.323g	1.094g	15%
Vitamin B5	0.226mg	0.861mg	13%
Protein	2.9g	8.2g	11%
Vitamin B2	0.099mg	0.241mg	11%
Vitamin B3	0.791mg	2.188mg	9%
Phosphorus	52mg	105mg	8%
Vitamin B12	0.01µg	0.16µg	6%
Carbs	61.6g	45.8g	5%
Manganese	0.22mg	0.33mg	5%
Choline	8.9mg	38.8mg	5%
Calories	324kcal	406kcal	4%
Fiber	3.7g	2.6g	4%
Zinc	0.27mg	0.75mg	4%
Copper	0.05mg	0.08mg	3%
Monounsaturated fat	4.2g	5.525g	3%
Potassium	153mg	118mg	1%
Iron	2.07mg	2.03mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.046mg	0.058mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	0.9g	2g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	1117kcal	495kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	31g	25g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	7.2	0.57	N/A
Vitamin C	0.5mg	0.2mg	0%
Net carbs	57.9g	43.2g	N/A
Magnesium	16mg	16mg	0%
Calcium	33mg	37mg	0%
Sugar	27.42g	11.26g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.9mg	0.84mg	0%
Vitamin K	1.5µg	1.8µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.042mg	0.099mg	0%
Threonine	0.102mg	0.284mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.121mg	0.365mg	0%
Leucine	0.206mg	0.623mg	0%
Lysine	0.121mg	0.329mg	0%
Methionine	0.059mg	0.175mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.14mg	0.416mg	0%
Valine	0.144mg	0.41mg	0%
Histidine	0.071mg	0.187mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.003g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g	0.002g	N/A