Chestnut vs. English muffin — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between chestnut and English muffins

Chestnut has more copper, vitamin C, manganese, potassium, vitamin B6, iron, and magnesium; however, English muffins are richer in vitamin B3.
Chestnut covers your daily copper needs 38% more than English muffins.
English muffins have 267 times less vitamin C than chestnut. Chestnut has 26.7mg of vitamin C, while English muffins have 0.1mg.
Chestnut contains less sodium.
English muffins have a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of English muffins is 77, while the glycemic index of chestnut is 54.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Nuts, chestnuts, european, boiled, and steamed and English muffins, plain, unenriched, without calcium propionate (includes sourdough).

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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.

Chestnut

English muffin

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+157.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+445.8%
Contains more IronIron	+94.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+265.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-94.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+139.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+13%
Contains more ZincZinc	+180%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+34.3%

~equal in Selenium ~µg

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.

Chestnut

English muffin

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+26600%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+441.9%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+22.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+48.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+114.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+41.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~37µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	0.472mg	0.129mg	38%
Vitamin C	26.7mg	0.1mg	30%
Manganese	0.854mg	0.357mg	22%
Sodium	27mg	464mg	19%
Potassium	715mg	131mg	17%
Vitamin B6	0.233mg	0.043mg	15%
Protein	2g	7.7g	11%
Iron	1.73mg	0.89mg	11%
Fiber		2.7g	11%
Magnesium	54mg	21mg	8%
Carbs	27.76g	46g	6%
Calories	131kcal	235kcal	5%
Vitamin B3	0.731mg	1.566mg	5%
Phosphorus	99mg	133mg	5%
Vitamin B2	0.104mg	0.154mg	4%
Zinc	0.25mg	0.7mg	4%
Vitamin B1	0.148mg	0.181mg	3%
Vitamin B5	0.316mg	0.446mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.545g	0.888g	2%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.04µg	2%
Calcium	46mg	52mg	1%
Fats	1.38g	1.8g	1%
Net carbs	27.76g	43.3g	N/A
Vitamin A	1µg	0µg	0%
Folate	38µg	37µg	0%
Saturated fat	0.26g	0.259g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.476g	0.302g	0%
Tryptophan	0.022mg	0.092mg	0%
Threonine	0.071mg	0.242mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.079mg	0.315mg	0%
Leucine	0.118mg	0.553mg	0%
Lysine	0.118mg	0.241mg	0%
Methionine	0.047mg	0.139mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.084mg	0.379mg	0%
Valine	0.112mg	0.353mg	0%
Histidine	0.055mg	0.17mg	0%