English muffin vs. Croissant — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are English muffins and croissant different?

English muffins have more copper; however, croissant is richer in vitamin B1, vitamin A, iron, folate, vitamin B5, and vitamin B2.
Croissant covers your daily need for saturated fat, 57% more than English muffins.
English muffins have 2 times more copper than croissant. English muffins have 0.129mg of copper, while croissant has 0.08mg.
English muffins contain less saturated fat.
English muffins have a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of English muffins is 77, while the glycemic index of croissant is 56.

English muffins, plain, unenriched, without calcium propionate (includes sourdough) and Croissants, butter types were 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.

English muffin

Croissant

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+31.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+40.5%
Contains more CopperCopper	+61.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+26.7%

Contains more IronIron

+128.1%

~equal in Potassium ~118mg

~equal in Zinc ~0.75mg

~equal in Sodium ~467mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.33mg

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.

English muffin

Croissant

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+100%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+114.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+56.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+39.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+93%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+34.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+300%
Contains more FolateFolate	+137.8%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	0.259g	11.659g	52%
Selenium		22.7µg	41%
Fats	1.8g	21g	30%
Vitamin A	0µg	206µg	23%
Cholesterol	0mg	67mg	22%
Vitamin B1	0.181mg	0.388mg	17%
Iron	0.89mg	2.03mg	14%
Monounsaturated fat	0.302g	5.525g	13%
Folate	37µg	88µg	13%
Calories	235kcal	406kcal	9%
Vitamin B5	0.446mg	0.861mg	8%
Choline		38.8mg	7%
Vitamin B2	0.154mg	0.241mg	7%
Vitamin E		0.84mg	6%
Copper	0.129mg	0.08mg	5%
Vitamin B12	0.04µg	0.16µg	5%
Vitamin B3	1.566mg	2.188mg	4%
Phosphorus	133mg	105mg	4%
Vitamin K		1.8µg	2%
Calcium	52mg	37mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.888g	1.094g	1%
Vitamin B6	0.043mg	0.058mg	1%
Magnesium	21mg	16mg	1%
Protein	7.7g	8.2g	1%
Manganese	0.357mg	0.33mg	1%
Vitamin C	0.1mg	0.2mg	0%
Carbs	46g	45.8g	0%
Net carbs	43.3g	43.2g	N/A
Potassium	131mg	118mg	0%
Sugar		11.26g	N/A
Fiber	2.7g	2.6g	0%
Zinc	0.7mg	0.75mg	0%
Sodium	464mg	467mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.092mg	0.099mg	0%
Threonine	0.242mg	0.284mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.315mg	0.365mg	0%
Leucine	0.553mg	0.623mg	0%
Lysine	0.241mg	0.329mg	0%
Methionine	0.139mg	0.175mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.379mg	0.416mg	0%
Valine	0.353mg	0.41mg	0%
Histidine	0.17mg	0.187mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA		0.003g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA		0.002g	N/A