Penne vs. French toast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between penne and french toast

French toast is higher than penne in iron, vitamin A, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat.
French toast covers your daily cholesterol needs 35% more than penne.
Penne contains 2 times more magnesium than french toast. While penne contains 30mg of magnesium, french toast contains only 17mg.
The amount of sodium in penne is lower.
The glycemic index of penne is lower.

Food varieties used in this article are KASHI Three Cheese Penne, frozen, unprepared and French toast, prepared from recipe, made with low fat (2%) milk.

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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.

Penne

French toast

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+76.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+64.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-48.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+12.4%
Contains more IronIron	+108.8%

~equal in Potassium ~134mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~117mg

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.

Penne

French toast

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C

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~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium		20.1µg	37%
Cholesterol	12mg	116mg	35%
Vitamin B2		0.321mg	25%
Vitamin B1		0.204mg	17%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.4g	2.594g	15%
Vitamin A		124µg	14%
Vitamin B12		0.31µg	13%
Folate		43µg	11%
Iron	0.8mg	1.67mg	11%
Fiber	2.7g		11%
Vitamin B5		0.549mg	11%
Vitamin B3		1.628mg	10%
Fats	4g	10.8g	10%
Sodium	248mg	479mg	10%
Monounsaturated fat	1g	4.524g	9%
Manganese		0.188mg	8%
Vitamin B6		0.074mg	6%
Copper		0.058mg	6%
Calories	126kcal	229kcal	5%
Zinc	1.1mg	0.67mg	4%
Protein	5.7g	7.7g	4%
Magnesium	30mg	17mg	3%
Carbs	16.8g	25g	3%
Saturated fat	2.3g	2.723g	2%
Calcium	89mg	100mg	1%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.3mg	0%
Net carbs	14.1g	25g	N/A
Potassium	122mg	134mg	0%
Sugar	1.9g		N/A
Phosphorus	118mg	117mg	0%
Trans fat	0.2g		N/A
Tryptophan		0.094mg	0%
Threonine		0.305mg	0%
Isoleucine		0.375mg	0%
Leucine		0.621mg	0%
Lysine		0.413mg	0%
Methionine		0.188mg	0%
Phenylalanine		0.389mg	0%
Valine		0.419mg	0%
Histidine		0.179mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA		0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA		0.01g	N/A