Whole wheat bread vs Pita bread
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
39.7 g · 4.9 g protein · 16.9 g carbs (1.7 g sugars) · 1.4 g fat
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
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.
- Folate4% vs 15%
16.7 µg vs 60 µg
- Vitamin E7% vs 1%
1.1 mg vs 0.11 mg
- Fiber9% vs 3%
2.4 g vs 0.8 g
- Thiamin (B1)13% vs 18%
0.16 mg vs 0.22 mg
- Magnesium7% vs 2%
29.8 mg vs 9.5 mg
- Vitamin B65% vs 1%
0.085 mg vs 0.012 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)5% vs 9%
0.066 mg vs 0.12 mg
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.