Cookie: peanut butter with chocolate vs with peanut butter filling USDA FDC 2707953 vs 2707956
Per 100 g, peanut butter with chocolate reports 25.3 g total fat, while with peanut butter filling reports 35.3 g total fat.
The comparison uses two cited USDA records. Their complete source names, household portions, nutrient values, and FoodData Central links remain visible below.
Record B · FDC 2707956
Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated
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Calories at the same 100-gram weight
Bar length shows the two cited values on one shared denominator. It does not rank either food or establish why they differ.
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475 kcal -
562 kcal
Shared basis: 100 g · kcal
Equal-weight evidence
Nutrition per 100 grams
Both columns use the same mass, which compares nutrient concentration without allowing the two representative source amounts to change the denominator. “A +” or “B +” reports the arithmetic difference between the cited values; it is not a quality score.
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| Nutrient | A · Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate | B · Cookie, with peanut butter filling… | Difference |
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| CaloriesMaterial difference | 475 kcal | 562 kcal | B +87 kcal |
| Protein | 7.8 g | 8.1 g | B +0.3 g |
| Total fatMaterial difference | 25.3 g | 35.3 g | B +10 g |
| Carbohydrate | 59.5 g | 52.9 g | A +6.6 g |
| Dietary fiber | 3 g | 3.5 g | B +0.5 g |
| Total sugars | 34.7 g | 30.9 g | A +3.8 g |
| Sodium | 356 mg | 371 mg | B +15 mg |
| Saturated fatMaterial difference | 9.4 g | 19.2 g | B +9.8 g |
| Potassium | 241 mg | 217 mg | A +24 mg |
| Calcium | 39 mg | 35 mg | A +4 mg |
| Iron | 2.4 mg | 2.1 mg | A +0.3 mg |
Values come from the two cited USDA FoodData Central Survey Foods records. Feast does not average records, impute missing values, or infer a nutrient from the food name.
Read the table by question
Every material primary-nutrient difference on this page is numerically higher in B (2 of 2).
These answers describe concentration per 100 grams. “More” and “less” identify the arithmetic direction only; they do not decide which record is a better match or which food is better for a person.
Which reports fewer calories?
Record A
Record A reports 475 kcal, compared with 562 kcal in the other record—a difference of 87 kcal.
Which reports more protein?
Record B
Record B reports 8.1 g, compared with 7.8 g in the other record—a difference of 0.3 g.
Which reports more fiber?
Record B
Record B reports 3.5 g, compared with 3 g in the other record—a difference of 0.5 g.
Which reports less sodium?
Record A
Record A reports 356 mg, compared with 371 mg in the other record—a difference of 15 mg.
What differs in the source descriptions
The exact names carry information the numbers cannot.
USDA assigns both records to “Cookies and brownies,” but the topic label is broad. Record A is “Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate.” Record B is “Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated.” Feast paired them because their contrast-neutral food identities are closely related (80% token overlap after controlled modifiers are set aside), not merely because they share a generic category.
The controlled name parser found 1 interpretable distinction. These labels organize wording already present in the names; they do not establish that a distinction caused a nutrient difference.
| Description dimension | Record A | Record B |
|---|---|---|
| Coating wording | No matching controlled term in the source name | coated or breaded |
Even a clean name contrast can carry hidden companions. A fried record may also include coating; a restaurant record can use a different recipe; a reduced-sodium description can differ in more than salt; and a source amount can reflect a different reporting convention. That is why this page reports the complete pair rather than treating one word as an intervention.
Portion context
A representative source amount is not a shared “serving.”
Record A uses USDA reference amount at 60 g. Record B uses USDA reference amount at 42 g. Those labels and gram weights come from their respective records. They are useful for scaling the chosen profile, but they are not recommendations and need not describe equal amounts.
The two representative amounts differ by 18 g (30% of the larger amount). This is why the main table holds mass at 100 g. After selecting the closer description, use its household measure or a gram estimate for the amount actually eaten.
A cup, piece, slice, sandwich, fillet, or fluid ounce can have different gram weights across records. A matching label is not enough: check the listed grams. If accuracy matters more than convenience, weighing the food or using a current package label can be more specific than a generic survey-food measure.
Record A measures
- 1 miniature/bite size5 g
- 1 small20 g
- 1 medium30 g
- 1 large45 g
- 1 Nutter Butter18 g
- USDA reference amount60 g
Record B measures
- 1 miniature/bite size7 g
- 1 small28 g
- 1 medium42 g
- 1 large63 g
- 1 Lance Wafer8 g
- 1 Girl Scout cookie13 g
- 1 Little Debbie Nutty Bar28 g
- USDA reference amount42 g
One shared household label
1 medium: 30 g in A vs 42 g in B
The household label matches, but the source gram weights differ. These values scale each record by its own listed grams; they are practical portion context, not an equal-mass comparison.
| Nutrient | A · 30 g | B · 42 g |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 143 kcal | 236 kcal |
| Protein | 2.3 g | 3.4 g |
| Dietary fiber | 0.9 g | 1.5 g |
| Sodium | 107 mg | 156 mg |
USDA source formulation evidence
The listed inputs provide another way to audit the match.
FNDDS includes input-food rows behind each standardized survey-food record. Record A’s leading listed inputs include Cookies, peanut butter, commercially prepared, regular, Candies, semisweet chocolate. Record B’s include Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated. Ingredient-code overlap is 0%, and normalized listed-input-weight variation is 100%.
Record A · 2 coded inputs
Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate
- Cookies, peanut butter, commercially prepared, regularIngredient code 1818576.3% of listed input weight
- Candies, semisweet chocolateIngredient code 19080 · open source index23.7% of listed input weight
Record B · 1 coded input
Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated
- Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coatedIngredient code 28290100% of listed input weight
0 shared coded inputs
The two listed formulations do not share an ingredient code in this source extract. Shared codes can still carry different listed weights.
2 A-only and 1 B-only coded inputs
A-only entries include Cookies, peanut butter, commercially prepared, regular, Candies, semisweet chocolate. B-only entries include Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated.
Important: repeated rows carrying the same ingredient code are combined before the shares and overlap are calculated. These weights belong to USDA’s source formulation: they are not a reconstructed plate, final cooked yield, visitor serving, ingredient declaration, or estimate of what is visible in a photo. USDA’s FNDDS documentation explains that these calculation recipes can represent multiple variants, may include retention or moisture adjustments, and are not product-label ingredient lists.
Choosing the closer record
Match context first; scale second.
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Read both names literally
Compare cooking method, coating, edible skin or peel, sauce, additions, venue, source form, and food subtype. For this pair, the full A and B descriptions above are the evidence—not shortened search labels.
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Use listed inputs as a check
If the name still leaves ambiguity, compare the leading and unique source inputs. They can reveal that two near names refer to meaningfully different standardized formulations, but they do not reconstruct your dish.
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Choose an amount for that record
After choosing A or B, use its own named measure and gram weight. Do not transfer a cup, slice, or “typical amount” from the other record as if the measures were interchangeable.
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Account for missing details
Brand, current restaurant recipe, cooking oil, drained weight, toppings, substitutions, and unfinished portions may not be captured. A label or weighed recipe can supersede a generic reference when it better matches the actual food.
Limits and responsible interpretation
This is a comparison of records, not a causal study.
The two records come from 2021–2023 FoodData Central Survey Foods data. The nutrient table faithfully compares their published values on the same weight basis. It does not measure two plates prepared at the same time, isolate one ingredient, or estimate the uncertainty around either value.
For this pair, the source names differ across 1 documented description dimension, while the listed formulations show 0% ingredient-code overlap and 100% normalized listed-weight variation. Moisture, ingredient proportions, preparation, and record construction can therefore move together. The page can describe the combined record difference; it cannot isolate the effect of one word.
A higher or lower number is not an overall verdict. Protein, fiber, sodium, energy, fat, micronutrients, preferences, allergies, budget, portion, and an individual’s goals answer different questions. Feast therefore reports directions and magnitudes without applying a universal “healthier” label.
This page is educational and does not diagnose a condition, prescribe a target, or replace advice from a qualified professional. For an allergy, medically directed diet, or strict ingredient limit, use verified ingredient information and guidance appropriate to that situation.
How this page qualified
A page is published only when the pair clears materiality and diversity gates.
Both records must occupy the same USDA survey-food topic and share a close food identity after a controlled vocabulary separates preparation, edible-part, source, claim, crust, and sauce wording. Exact contrast-neutral identities receive priority. Close ingredient or form substitutions can qualify when name overlap remains high and the numerical evidence is material.
For primary nutrients, Feast requires both an absolute and relative difference: at least 20 kcal and 12% for energy; 2 g and 18% for protein or fat; 5 g and 15% for carbohydrate; 1 g and 20% for fiber; 4 g and 20% for sugars; or 100 mg and 20% for sodium. A focused one-nutrient pair also needs a material representative-amount or formulation distinction. Rounding-only pairs are not published.
Unordered FDC IDs define a canonical pair, so reversing A and B cannot create another page. Each source record can appear twice at most, each USDA topic contributes no more than 40 pages, and closely repeated identity families are capped. Those rules produced a selective comparison library rather than every mathematical combination in the corpus.
Read the complete nutrition-page methodology for import, nutrient mapping, portion scaling, Daily Value, and uncertainty rules.
Decision support from the exact records on this page
Turn source data into a better next decision
These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 2 exact records behind Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate versus Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.
Equal-weight result
Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated is higher in calories per 100 g
Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated reports 562 kcal versus 475 kcal for Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate: a 87 kcal difference when both are normalized to 100 g.
Inspect the underlying evidenceThe denominator changes the answer
Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated is denser; Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate is higher in its source amount
Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated reports 562 kcal per 100 g and 236 kcal in USDA source amount (42 g). Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate reports a lower 475 kcal per 100 g but a higher 285 kcal in USDA source amount (60 g).
Record identity is part of the estimate
Distinguish “Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate” from “Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated”
These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.
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Follow the relationship that matches your question
For Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate versus Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.
Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate and Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated are explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.
Follow this evidence path Best next guide for this exact record Cookie, peanut butterCookie, peanut butter, with chocolate is explicitly linked in this guide, which separates direct name matches from contextual variants.
Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Calories: density and serving contextIn this page’s records, calories runs from 475 kcal in Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolate to 562 kcal in Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated, all per 100 g.
Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Candies, semisweet chocolateUSDA input 19080 appears in 1 of 2 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 168–168 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.
Follow this evidence path 2 context records in this source topic Cookies and browniesCookie, peanut butter, with chocolate and Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coated belong to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.
Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Cookie, peanut butter, with chocolateOpen the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2707953 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.
Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Cookie, with peanut butter filling, chocolate-coatedOpen the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2707956 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.
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