Multigrain bread vs. English muffin — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between multigrain bread and English muffins

Multigrain bread is higher than English muffins in manganese, iron, fiber, copper, vitamin B6, vitamin B3, phosphorus, protein, magnesium, and zinc.
Multigrain bread covers your daily manganese needs 80% more than English muffins.
Multigrain bread contains 7 times more vitamin B6 than English muffins. While multigrain bread contains 0.286mg of vitamin B6, English muffins contain only 0.043mg.
The glycemic index of multigrain bread is lower.

Food varieties used in this article are Bread, multi-grain, toasted (includes whole-grain) and English muffins, plain, unenriched, without calcium propionate (includes sourdough).

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Multigrain bread

English muffin

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+304.8%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+113.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+90.8%
Contains more IronIron	+205.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+138%
Contains more ZincZinc	+164.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+85.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-10.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+516.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+∞%

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Multigrain bread

English muffin

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+34.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+180.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+565.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+89.2%

Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+22.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0.1mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.154mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Manganese	2.201mg	0.357mg	80%
Selenium	35.8µg		65%
Iron	2.72mg	0.89mg	23%
Fiber	8.1g	2.7g	22%
Copper	0.307mg	0.129mg	20%
Vitamin B6	0.286mg	0.043mg	19%
Vitamin B3	4.394mg	1.566mg	18%
Phosphorus	247mg	133mg	16%
Magnesium	85mg	21mg	15%
Protein	14.52g	7.7g	14%
Zinc	1.85mg	0.7mg	10%
Folate	70µg	37µg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.035g	0.888g	8%
Calcium	111mg	52mg	6%
Vitamin B1	0.243mg	0.181mg	5%
Choline	28.8mg		5%
Fats	4.6g	1.8g	4%
Potassium	250mg	131mg	4%
Calories	288kcal	235kcal	3%
Vitamin E	0.4mg		3%
Saturated fat	0.948g	0.259g	3%
Fructose	2.67g		3%
Sodium	414mg	464mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.365mg	0.446mg	2%
Vitamin B12	0µg	0.04µg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.142mg	0.154mg	1%
Vitamin K	1.5µg		1%
Monounsaturated fat	0.826g	0.302g	1%
Protein per 100 calories	5g	3.3g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	198kcal	305kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	35g	43g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	3	4.6	N/A
Vitamin C	0.1mg	0.1mg	0%
Net carbs	39.01g	43.3g	N/A
Carbs	47.11g	46g	0%
Sugar	6.94g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.135mg	0.092mg	0%
Threonine	0.294mg	0.242mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.351mg	0.315mg	0%
Leucine	0.604mg	0.553mg	0%
Lysine	0.314mg	0.241mg	0%
Methionine	0.15mg	0.139mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.421mg	0.379mg	0%
Valine	0.432mg	0.353mg	0%
Histidine	0.215mg	0.17mg	0%