Milk vs. Soft serve — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are milk and soft serve different?

Soft serve is higher than milk in fats, vitamin A, and carbs.
Soft serve covers your daily need for saturated fat 34% more than milk.
Milk is lower in sugar.
Soft serve has a higher glycemic index (79) than milk (31).

Milk, lowfat, fluid, 1% milkfat, with added vitamin A and vitamin D and Ice cream, soft serve, chocolate types were used in this article.

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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.

Milk

Soft serve

Contains less SodiumSodium

-27.9%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+18%
Contains more IronIron	+600%
Contains more CopperCopper	+200%
Contains more ZincZinc	+23.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+22.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+66.7%

~equal in Magnesium ~12mg

~equal in Calcium ~131mg

~equal in Selenium ~3µg

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.

Milk

Soft serve

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D

+71.4%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+179.3%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+6000%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+145%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+40.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+29.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+800%
Contains more FolateFolate	+80%

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.182mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0.095mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0.5µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	0.633g	7.46g	31%
Cholesterol	5mg	91mg	29%
Fats	0.97g	13g	19%
Vitamin A	58µg	162µg	12%
Calories	42kcal	222kcal	9%
Monounsaturated fat	0.277g	3.49g	8%
Carbs	4.99g	22.2g	6%
Vitamin E	0.01mg	0.61mg	4%
Vitamin D	1.2µg	0.7µg	3%
Fiber	0g	0.7g	3%
Phosphorus	95mg	116mg	3%
Vitamin B5	0.361mg	0.506mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.035g	0.46g	3%
Vitamin D*	48 IU	29 IU	2%
Iron	0.03mg	0.21mg	2%
Copper	0.01mg	0.03mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.02mg	0.049mg	2%
Choline	17.7mg	26mg	2%
Protein	3.37g	4.1g	1%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.8mg	1%
Calcium	125mg	131mg	1%
Potassium	150mg	177mg	1%
Zinc	0.42mg	0.52mg	1%
Sodium	44mg	61mg	1%
Selenium	3.3µg	3µg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.037mg	0.048mg	1%
Vitamin B12	0.47µg	0.5µg	1%
Vitamin K	0.1µg	0.9µg	1%
Folate	5µg	9µg	1%
Caffeine	0mg	2mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	8g	1.8g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	125kcal	541kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	238g	45g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	0.49	0.53	N/A
Net carbs	4.99g	21.5g	N/A
Magnesium	11mg	12mg	0%
Sugar	5.2g	21.16g	N/A
Manganese	0.003mg	0.005mg	0%
Vitamin B2	0.185mg	0.182mg	0%
Vitamin B3	0.093mg	0.095mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.043mg	0.048mg	0%
Threonine	0.143mg	0.169mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.174mg	0.215mg	0%
Leucine	0.319mg	0.353mg	0%
Lysine	0.282mg	0.296mg	0%
Methionine	0.088mg	0.091mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.174mg	0.176mg	0%
Valine	0.22mg	0.241mg	0%
Histidine	0.101mg	0.099mg	0%
Omega-3 (ALA)	0.004g		0%
Omega-6 (Linoleic acid)	0.027g		0%