English muffin vs. Minestrone — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are English muffins and minestrone different?

English muffins are higher in phosphorus, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, fiber, manganese, copper, vitamin B3, and iron; however, minestrone is richer in vitamin A.
Daily need coverage for vitamin A for minestrone is 19% higher.
English muffins contain 9 times more vitamin B2 than minestrone. While English muffins contain 0.154mg of vitamin B2, minestrone contains only 0.018mg.
Minestrone has less sodium.
Minestrone has a lower glycemic index (47) than English muffins (77).

English muffins, plain, unenriched, without calcium propionate (includes sourdough) and Soup, minestrone, canned, prepared with equal volume water 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.

English muffin

Minestrone

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+600%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+271.4%
Contains more IronIron	+134.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+152.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+125.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+478.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+134.9%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-45.3%

~equal in Potassium ~130mg

~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.

English muffin

Minestrone

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+722.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+755.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+300.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+218.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+146.7%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+400%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.041mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Phosphorus	133mg	23mg	16%
Carbs	46g	4.66g	14%
Vitamin B1	0.181mg	0.022mg	13%
Protein	7.7g	1.77g	12%
Vitamin B2	0.154mg	0.018mg	10%
Calories	235kcal	34kcal	10%
Copper	0.129mg	0.051mg	9%
Manganese	0.357mg	0.152mg	9%
Sodium	464mg	254mg	9%
Fiber	2.7g	0.4g	9%
Vitamin B3	1.566mg	0.391mg	7%
Vitamin B5	0.446mg	0.14mg	6%
Folate	37µg	15µg	6%
Iron	0.89mg	0.38mg	6%
Vitamin A	0µg	49µg	5%
Zinc	0.7mg	0.31mg	4%
Calcium	52mg	14mg	4%
Magnesium	21mg	3mg	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.888g	0.46g	3%
Vitamin B12	0.04µg	0µg	2%
Fats	1.8g	1.04g	1%
Vitamin C	0.1mg	0.5mg	0%
Net carbs	43.3g	4.26g	N/A
Cholesterol	0mg	1mg	0%
Potassium	131mg	130mg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.043mg	0.041mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.259g	0.23g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.302g	0.29g	0%
Tryptophan	0.092mg	0.013mg	0%
Threonine	0.242mg	0.043mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.315mg	0.054mg	0%
Leucine	0.553mg	0.098mg	0%
Lysine	0.241mg	0.076mg	0%
Methionine	0.139mg	0.018mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.379mg	0.064mg	0%
Valine	0.353mg	0.074mg	0%
Histidine	0.17mg	0.03mg	0%