Wheat Bread vs. Melba toast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between wheat Bread and melba toast

Wheat Bread has more vitamin B3, manganese, vitamin B2, and calcium; however, melba toast is higher in copper, folate, and fiber.
Wheat Bread covers your daily vitamin B3 needs 13% more than melba toast.
Melba toast contains 7 times less sugar than wheat Bread. Wheat Bread contains 6.42g of sugar, while melba toast contains 0.94g.

Food varieties used in this article are Bread, wheat, toasted and Crackers, melba toast, plain.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Wheat Bread

Melba toast

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+77.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+21.9%

Contains more CopperCopper	+46%
Contains more ZincZinc	+36.7%

~equal in Magnesium ~59mg

~equal in Potassium ~202mg

~equal in Iron ~3.7mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~196mg

~equal in Sodium ~598mg

~equal in Selenium ~34.8µg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Wheat Bread

Melba toast

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+39.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+52%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+56.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+533.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+11.6%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+79.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+52%
Contains more FolateFolate	+44.2%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.413mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	6.25mg	4.113mg	13%
Manganese	1.377mg	1.13mg	11%
Folate	86µg	124µg	10%
Copper	0.198mg	0.289mg	10%
Vitamin B2	0.382mg	0.273mg	8%
Carbs	55.77g	76.6g	7%
Calcium	165mg	93mg	7%
Fiber	4.7g	6.3g	6%
Zinc	1.47mg	2.01mg	5%
Vitamin B5	0.456mg	0.693mg	5%
Iron	4.09mg	3.7mg	5%
Vitamin K	5.7µg	0.9µg	4%
Vitamin B6	0.153mg	0.098mg	4%
Calories	313kcal	390kcal	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.72g	1.282g	3%
Selenium	33.4µg	34.8µg	3%
Saturated fat	0.989g	0.445g	2%
Fats	4.27g	3.2g	2%
Vitamin B1	0.439mg	0.413mg	2%
Protein	12.96g	12.1g	2%
Monounsaturated fat	1.019g	0.782g	1%
Phosphorus	188mg	196mg	1%
Potassium	223mg	202mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.24mg	0.43mg	1%
Vitamin C	0.2mg	0mg	0%
Net carbs	51.07g	70.3g	N/A
Magnesium	59mg	59mg	0%
Sugar	6.42g	0.94g	N/A
Sodium	601mg	598mg	0%
Choline	22.1mg	19.8mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.092mg	0.14mg	0%
Threonine	0.299mg	0.342mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.258mg	0.462mg	0%
Leucine	0.461mg	0.844mg	0%
Lysine	0.215mg	0.28mg	0%
Methionine	0.105mg	0.214mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.315mg	0.596mg	0%
Valine	0.31mg	0.52mg	0%
Histidine	0.15mg	0.261mg	0%
Omega-3 - ALA	0.161g		N/A