Wheat bread vs Rye bread
In short
Gram for gram, there are 6% more calories in wheat bread than in rye bread (274 vs 259 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in wheat bread: niacin, manganese, pantothenic acid, protein and 2 more. More in rye bread: folate, fiber, riboflavin, sodium and copper. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
10.7 g protein · 47.5 g carbs (5.7 g sugars) · 4.5 g fat
8.5 g protein · 48.3 g carbs (3.9 g sugars) · 3.3 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 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Folate25% vs 38%
99 µg vs 151 µg
- Niacin (B3)35% vs 24%
5.6 mg vs 3.8 mg
- Manganese45% vs 36%
1 mg vs 0.82 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5)16% vs 9%
0.82 mg vs 0.44 mg
- Fiber14% vs 21%
4 g vs 5.8 g
- Riboflavin (B2)19% vs 26%
0.25 mg vs 0.34 mg
- Sodiumlimit21% vs 26%
473 mg vs 603 mg
- Protein21% vs 17%
10.7 g vs 8.5 g
- Iron20% vs 16%
3.6 mg vs 2.8 mg
- Copper16% vs 21%
0.15 mg vs 0.19 mg
- Calcium10% vs 6%
125 mg vs 73 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Total fat4.5 g · 3.3 g6%·4%
- Saturated fatlimit0.7 g · 0.63 g3%·3%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates47.5 g · 48.3 g17%·18%
- Potassium141 mg · 166 mg3%·4%
- Magnesium41 mg · 40 mg10%·10%
- Phosphorus129 mg · 125 mg10%·10%
- Zinc1 mg · 1.1 mg9%·10%
- Selenium28.8 µg · 30.9 µg52%·56%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0.2 mg · 0.4 mg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.19 mg · 0.33 mg1%·2%
- Vitamin K4.9 µg · 1.2 µg4%·1%
- Thiamin (B1)0.41 mg · 0.43 mg34%·36%
- Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.075 mg7%·4%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline18.7 mg · 14.6 mg3%·3%
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.