Whole wheat bread vs Pita bread

Whole wheat breadPita bread
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 40 g of whole wheat bread or 36 g of pita bread. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in whole wheat bread: vitamin E (9.7×), fiber (3×), magnesium (3.1×) and vitamin B6 (6.9×). More in pita bread: folate (3.6×), thiamin and riboflavin. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Whole wheat bread100 cal

39.7 g · 4.9 g protein · 16.9 g carbs (1.7 g sugars) · 1.4 g fat

Pita bread100 cal

36.4 g · 3.3 g protein · 20.3 g carbs (0.47 g sugars) · 0.44 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%12.5%25%
  • Folate16.7 µg · 60 µg
    4%15%
  • Vitamin E1.1 mg · 0.11 mg
    7%1%
  • Fiber2.4 g · 0.8 g
    9%3%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.16 mg · 0.22 mg
    13%18%
  • Magnesium29.8 mg · 9.5 mg
    7%2%
  • Vitamin B60.085 mg · 0.012 mg
    5%1%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.066 mg · 0.12 mg
    5%9%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein4.9 g · 3.3 g10%·7%
  • Total fat1.4 g · 0.44 g2%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.29 g · 0.06 g1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates16.9 g · 20.3 g6%·7%
  • Sodiumlimit181 mg · 195 mg8%·8%
  • Potassium101 mg · 43.6 mg2%·1%
  • Calcium63.9 mg · 31.3 mg5%·2%
  • Iron0.98 mg · 0.95 mg5%·5%
  • Phosphorus84.1 mg · 35.3 mg7%·3%
  • Zinc0.7 mg · 0.31 mg6%·3%
  • Copper0.09 mg · 0.061 mg10%·7%
  • Selenium10.2 µg · 9.9 µg19%·18%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin K3.1 µg · 0.073 µg3%·<1%
  • Niacin (B3)1.8 mg · 1.7 mg11%·11%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline10.8 mg · 5.3 mg2%·1%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).

From USDA FoodData Central: Whole wheat bread (SR Legacy 172688), Pita bread (Survey (FNDDS) 2707616). 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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