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Melba toast vs. Matzo — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between melba toast and matzo?

  • Melba toast is richer than matzo in folate, copper, manganese, phosphorus, fiber, zinc, magnesium, calcium, and iron.
  • Melba toast's daily need coverage for folate is 27% more.

We used Crackers, melba toast, plain and Crackers, matzo, plain types 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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 42% 28% 18% 139% 96% 55% 84% 78% 147% 190%
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 18% 3.9% 9.9% 119% 20% 19% 38% 0% 85% 201%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +136%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +615.4%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +80.4%
Contains more IronIron +17.1%
Contains more CopperCopper +381.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +195.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +120.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +73.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium -100%
~equal in Selenium ~36.9µg

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.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 8.6% 0% 103% 63% 77% 42% 23% 0% 2.3% 93% 11%
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 1.2% 0% 97% 67% 73% 27% 27% 0% 0.75% 13% 5.9%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E +616.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +56.4%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K +200%
Contains more FolateFolate +629.4%
Contains more CholineCholine +83.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +17.3%
~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.387mg
~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.291mg
~equal in Vitamin B3 ~3.892mg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Melba toast Matzo DV% diff.
Folate 124µg 17µg 27%
Sodium 598mg 0mg 26%
Copper 0.289mg 0.06mg 25%
Manganese 1.13mg 0.65mg 21%
Phosphorus 196mg 89mg 15%
Fiber 6.3g 3g 13%
Zinc 2.01mg 0.68mg 12%
Magnesium 59mg 25mg 8%
Calcium 93mg 13mg 8%
Iron 3.7mg 3.16mg 7%
Vitamin B5 0.693mg 0.443mg 5%
Polyunsaturated fat 1.282g 0.603g 5%
Selenium 34.8µg 36.9µg 4%
Protein 12.1g 10g 4%
Potassium 202mg 112mg 3%
Fats 3.2g 1.4g 3%
Vitamin B1 0.413mg 0.387mg 2%
Choline 19.8mg 10.8mg 2%
Vitamin E 0.43mg 0.06mg 2%
Monounsaturated fat 0.782g 0.127g 2%
Carbs 76.6g 83.7g 2%
Saturated fat 0.445g 0.226g 1%
Vitamin B3 4.113mg 3.892mg 1%
Vitamin B6 0.098mg 0.115mg 1%
Vitamin K 0.9µg 0.3µg 1%
Vitamin B2 0.273mg 0.291mg 1%
Calories 390kcal 395kcal 0%
Net carbs 70.3g 80.7g N/A
Sugar 0.94g 0.29g N/A
Tryptophan 0.14mg 0.116mg 0%
Threonine 0.342mg 0.267mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.462mg 0.371mg 0%
Leucine 0.844mg 0.692mg 0%
Lysine 0.28mg 0.193mg 0%
Methionine 0.214mg 0.176mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.596mg 0.494mg 0%
Valine 0.52mg 0.42mg 0%
Histidine 0.261mg 0.213mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
12% 3% 77% 5% 3%
Protein: 12.1 g
Fats: 3.2 g
Carbs: 76.6 g
Water: 5.1 g
Other: 3 g
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10% 84% 4%
Protein: 10 g
Fats: 1.4 g
Carbs: 83.7 g
Water: 4.3 g
Other: 0.6 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +21%
Contains more FatsFats +128.6%
Contains more WaterWater +18.6%
Contains more OtherOther +400%
~equal in Carbs ~83.7g

Fat Type Comparison

Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
18% 31% 51%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.445 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.782 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 1.282 g
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24% 13% 63%
Saturated fat: Sat. Fat 0.226 g
Monounsaturated fat: Mono. Fat 0.127 g
Polyunsaturated fat: Poly. Fat 0.603 g
Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat +515.7%
Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat +112.6%
Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat -49.2%

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Melba toast - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174977/nutrients
  2. Matzo - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/172740/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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