Wheat bread vs Rye bread

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 36 g of wheat bread or 39 g of rye 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

Wheat bread100 cal

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

Rye bread100 cal

38.6 g · 3.3 g protein · 18.6 g carbs (1.5 g sugars) · 1.3 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%
  • Folate9% vs 15%

    36.1 µg vs 58.3 µg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.9 g · 3.3 g8%·7%
  • Total fat1.7 g · 1.3 g2%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.25 g · 0.24 g1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates17.4 g · 18.6 g6%·7%
  • Fiber1.5 g · 2.2 g5%·8%
  • Sodiumlimit173 mg · 233 mg8%·10%
  • Potassium51.5 mg · 64.1 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium45.6 mg · 28.2 mg4%·2%
  • Iron1.3 mg · 1.1 mg7%·6%
  • Magnesium15 mg · 15.4 mg4%·4%
  • Phosphorus47.1 mg · 48.3 mg4%·4%
  • Zinc0.38 mg · 0.44 mg3%·4%
  • Copper0.054 mg · 0.072 mg6%·8%
  • Manganese0.37 mg · 0.32 mg16%·14%
  • Selenium10.5 µg · 11.9 µg19%·22%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0.073 mg · 0.15 mg<1%·<1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.069 mg · 0.13 mg<1%·1%
  • Vitamin K1.8 µg · 0.46 µg1%·<1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.15 mg · 0.17 mg13%·14%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.092 mg · 0.13 mg7%·10%
  • Niacin (B3)2 mg · 1.5 mg13%·9%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.3 mg · 0.17 mg6%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.041 mg · 0.029 mg2%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline6.8 mg · 5.6 mg1%·1%

From USDA FoodData Central: Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686), Rye bread (SR Legacy 172684). 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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