Rye bread vs Wheat bread

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 39 g of rye bread or 36 g of wheat bread. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in rye bread: folate. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Rye bread100 cal

38.6 g · 3.3 g protein · 18.6 g carbs (1.5 g sugars) · 1.3 g fat

Wheat bread100 cal

36.5 g · 3.9 g protein · 17.4 g carbs (2.1 g sugars) · 1.7 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%12.5%25%
  • Folate15% vs 9%

    58.3 µg vs 36.1 µg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein3.3 g · 3.9 g7%·8%
  • Total fat1.3 g · 1.7 g2%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.24 g · 0.25 g1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates18.6 g · 17.4 g7%·6%
  • Fiber2.2 g · 1.5 g8%·5%
  • Sodiumlimit233 mg · 173 mg10%·8%
  • Potassium64.1 mg · 51.5 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium28.2 mg · 45.6 mg2%·4%
  • Iron1.1 mg · 1.3 mg6%·7%
  • Magnesium15.4 mg · 15 mg4%·4%
  • Phosphorus48.3 mg · 47.1 mg4%·4%
  • Zinc0.44 mg · 0.38 mg4%·3%
  • Copper0.072 mg · 0.054 mg8%·6%
  • Manganese0.32 mg · 0.37 mg14%·16%
  • Selenium11.9 µg · 10.5 µg22%·19%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0.15 mg · 0.073 mg<1%·<1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.13 mg · 0.069 mg1%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0.46 µg · 1.8 µg<1%·1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.17 mg · 0.15 mg14%·13%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.13 mg · 0.092 mg10%·7%
  • Niacin (B3)1.5 mg · 2 mg9%·13%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.17 mg · 0.3 mg3%·6%
  • Vitamin B60.029 mg · 0.041 mg2%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline5.6 mg · 6.8 mg1%·1%

From USDA FoodData Central: Rye bread (SR Legacy 172684), Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.

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