Muffin vs Cake: Make Healthy Choices

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Muffin - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Muffin - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Cake vs Muffin: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gMuffinCake
Calories375 290
Carbohydrates53 g47.7 g
Fat16.07 g8 g
Dietary fiber1.1 g1.5 g
Protein4.49 g7.7 g
Water24.96 g35.9 g
Calcium44 mg36 mg
Iron1.3 mg1 mg
Magnessium10 mg12 mg
Phosphorus39.2 mg83 mg
Potassium121 mg118 mg
Sodium336 mg139 mg
Zink39.2 mg0.66 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.168 mg0.081 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.163 mg0.157 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.418 mg0.83 mg
Vitaminium B60.04 mg0.04 mg
Vitaminium E1.63 mg1.02 mg

More Calories in Muffin

At first glance, you can see that in muffin is more calories than in cake.

Muffin has 375 kcal per 100g and cake 290 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 29%.

In muffin and in cake most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare muffin with cake in details.

Muffin And Cake Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    muffin - 29% more than cake
  • Carbohydrates:
    muffin - 11% more than cake
  • Fat:
    muffin - 101% more than cake
  • Dietary fiber:
    cake - 36% more than muffin
  • Protein:
    cake - 71% more than muffin
  • Water:
    cake - 44% more than muffin

Less protein in muffin

It is aslo easy to see see that in muffin is less protein than in cake.

There is 7.7g per 100g of cake and 4.49g per 100g of muffin so using simple math we can see that difference is about 71%.

More carbohydrates in muffin

In muffin is more carbohydrates than in cake.

There is 47.7g/100g of carbohydrates in cake and 53g/100g in muffin so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 11%.

More fat in muffin

In muffin is more fats than in cake.

The tables above show us that there is 8g/100g of fats in cake and 16.07g/100g in muffin. In this case difference is about 101%.

Muffin

375kcal
  • Calories375
  • Carbohydrates53 g
  • Fat16.07 g
  • Dietary fiber1.1 g
  • Protein4.49 g
  • Water24.96 g
Muffin calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece

Calories source

  • 57% CARBS.
  • 5% PROTEIN
  • 39% FAT

Cake

290kcal
  • Calories290
  • Carbohydrates47.7 g
  • Fat8 g
  • Dietary fiber1.5 g
  • Protein7.7 g
  • Water35.9 g
Cake calories per:
100g
| ounce | slice

Calories source

  • 65% CARBS
  • 10% PROTEIN
  • 25% FAT

Vitamins: cake vs muffin

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    muffin - 107% more than cake
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    muffin - 4% more than cake
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    muffin - 71% more than cake
  • Vitaminium B6:
    cake - 0% more than muffin
  • Vitaminium E:
    muffin - 60% more than cake

Minerals: muffin vs cake

  • Calcium:
    muffin - 22% more than cake
  • Iron:
    muffin - 30% more than cake
  • Magnessium:
    cake - 20% more than muffin
  • Phosphorus:
    cake - 112% more than muffin
  • Potassium:
    muffin - 3% more than cake
  • Sodium:
    muffin - 142% more than cake
  • Zink:
    muffin - 5839% more than cake
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter

All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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