Crouton vs. Fruit preserves — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are crouton and fruit preserves different?

Crouton has more selenium, vitamin B1, iron, vitamin B3, folate, manganese, fiber, vitamin B2, and phosphorus than fruit preserves.
Daily need coverage for selenium for crouton is 65% higher.
Crouton contains 151 times more vitamin B3 than fruit preserves. While crouton contains 5.439mg of vitamin B3, fruit preserves contain only 0.036mg.
Fruit preserves have less sodium.
Fruit preserves have a lower glycemic index (51) than crouton (72).

Croutons, plain and Jams and preserves are the varieties used in this article.

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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.

Crouton

Fruit preserves

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+675%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+280%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+61%
Contains more IronIron	+732.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+63%
Contains more ZincZinc	+1383.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+505.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1150%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+1775%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-95.4%

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.

Crouton

Fruit preserves

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+3793.8%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+257.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+15008.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+2045%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+30%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1100%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C

+∞%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	37.5µg	2µg	65%
Vitamin B1	0.623mg	0.016mg	51%
Iron	4.08mg	0.49mg	45%
Vitamin B3	5.439mg	0.036mg	34%
Folate	132µg	11µg	30%
Sodium	698mg	32mg	29%
Protein	11.9g	0.37g	23%
Manganese	0.5mg	0.04mg	20%
Fiber	5.1g	1.1g	16%
Vitamin B2	0.272mg	0.076mg	15%
Phosphorus	115mg	19mg	14%
Vitamin C	0mg	8.8mg	10%
Fats	6.6g	0.07g	10%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.273g	0g	8%
Monounsaturated fat	3.059g	0.038g	8%
Vitamin B5	0.429mg	0.02mg	8%
Zinc	0.89mg	0.06mg	8%
Saturated fat	1.51g	0.01g	7%
Copper	0.163mg	0.1mg	7%
Calories	407kcal	278kcal	6%
Magnesium	31mg	4mg	6%
Calcium	76mg	20mg	6%
Choline		10.2mg	2%
Carbs	73.5g	68.86g	2%
Vitamin E		0.12mg	1%
Potassium	124mg	77mg	1%
Net carbs	68.4g	67.76g	N/A
Sugar		48.5g	N/A
Vitamin B6	0.026mg	0.02mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.14mg	0.008mg	0%
Threonine	0.337mg	0.023mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.456mg	0.017mg	0%
Leucine	0.832mg	0.037mg	0%
Lysine	0.278mg	0.03mg	0%
Methionine	0.211mg	0.001mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.586mg	0.021mg	0%
Valine	0.514mg	0.021mg	0%
Histidine	0.255mg	0.014mg	0%