French bread vs. Bread sticks — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between french bread and bread sticks

Bread sticks are richer than french bread in selenium, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, folate, vitamin E, iron, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat.
Bread sticks cover your daily selenium needs 14% more than french bread.
French bread has 2 times more calcium than bread sticks. French bread has 47mg of calcium, while bread sticks have 22mg.
French bread is lower in saturated fat.
French bread has a higher glycemic index (78) than bread sticks (67).

Specific food types used in this comparison are Bread, french or vienna, toasted (includes sourdough) and Bread sticks, 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.

French bread

Bread sticks

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+113.6%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+12.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+19.3%

Contains more IronIron	+10.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+25.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+26.3%

~equal in Magnesium ~32mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~121mg

~equal in Sodium ~713mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.557mg

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.

French bread

Bread sticks

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+14.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+31.5%
Contains more CholineCholine	+19.9%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+431.6%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+37.9%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+49.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+340%
Contains more FolateFolate	+15.7%

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~5.281mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Polyunsaturated fat	0.83g	3.628g	19%
Vitamin B2	0.37mg	0.553mg	14%
Vitamin B1	0.427mg	0.589mg	14%
Selenium	29.7µg	37.5µg	14%
Fats	2.14g	9.5g	11%
Monounsaturated fat	0.386g	3.568g	8%
Folate	140µg	162µg	6%
Vitamin E	0.19mg	1.01mg	5%
Calories	319kcal	412kcal	5%
Iron	3.87mg	4.28mg	5%
Saturated fat	0.502g	1.41g	4%
Copper	0.15mg	0.188mg	4%
Calcium	47mg	22mg	3%
Protein	13g	12g	2%
Zinc	1.05mg	0.88mg	2%
Carbs	61.93g	68.4g	2%
Vitamin B6	0.096mg	0.073mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.616mg	0.54mg	2%
Choline	17.5mg	14.6mg	1%
Vitamin B3	5.38mg	5.281mg	1%
Vitamin K	0.5µg	2.2µg	1%
Manganese	0.573mg	0.557mg	1%
Phosphorus	126mg	121mg	1%
Vitamin C	0.2mg	0mg	0%
Net carbs	58.83g	65.4g	N/A
Magnesium	31mg	32mg	0%
Potassium	140mg	124mg	0%
Sugar	3.59g	1.26g	N/A
Fiber	3.1g	3g	0%
Sodium	720mg	713mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.134mg	0.139mg	0%
Threonine	0.316mg	0.338mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.416mg	0.458mg	0%
Leucine	0.762mg	0.835mg	0%
Lysine	0.328mg	0.281mg	0%
Methionine	0.168mg	0.212mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.543mg	0.59mg	0%
Valine	0.476mg	0.516mg	0%
Histidine	0.234mg	0.258mg	0%
Omega-3 - ALA	0.05g		N/A