Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
white bread
versus
cherry tomato
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in white bread and cherry tomato:
White bread is high in calories and cherry tomato has 93% less calories than white bread - white bread has 238 calories per 100 grams and cherry tomato has 16 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, white bread is lighter in protein, heavier in carbs and similar to cherry tomato for fat. White bread has a macronutrient ratio of 18:74:8 and for cherry tomato, 24:67:9 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
White Bread | Cherry Tomato | |
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Protein | 18% | 24% |
Carbohydrates | 74% | 67% |
Fat | 8% | 9% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
White bread is high in carbohydrates and cherry tomato has 93% less carbohydrates than white bread - white bread has 43.9g of total carbs per 100 grams and cherry tomato has 3.2g of carbohydrates.
White bread is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has 922% more dietary fiber than cherry tomato - white bread has 9.2g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and cherry tomato has 0.9g of dietary fiber.
Cherry tomato has less sugar than white bread - white bread has 5g of sugar per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
White bread is a great source of protein and it has 819% more protein than cherry tomato - white bread has 10.7g of protein per 100 grams and cherry tomato has 1.2g of protein.
Both white bread and cherry tomato are low in saturated fat - white bread has 0.63g of saturated fat per 100 grams and cherry tomato has 0.03g of saturated fat.
Both white bread and cherry tomato are low in trans fat - white bread has 0.03g of trans fat per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Cherry tomato is a great source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than white bread - cherry tomato has 16mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and white bread does not contain significant amounts.
Cherry tomato has signficantly more Vitamin A than white bread - cherry tomato has 75ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and white bread does not contain significant amounts.
White bread has more Vitamin E than cherry tomato - white bread has 0.38mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
White bread has more Vitamin K than cherry tomato - white bread has 7.7ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
White bread has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid and folate. Both white bread and cherry tomato contain significant amounts of Vitamin B6.
White Bread | Cherry Tomato | |
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Thiamin | 0.51 MG | 0.046 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.255 MG | 0.034 MG |
Niacin | 4.455 MG | 0.593 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.455 MG | 0.186 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.08 MG | 0.06 MG |
Folate | 127 UG | 29 UG |
White bread is an excellent source of calcium and it has 135 times more calcium than cherry tomato - white bread has 684mg of calcium per 100 grams and cherry tomato has 5mg of calcium.
White bread is an excellent source of iron and it has 940% more iron than cherry tomato - white bread has 4.9mg of iron per 100 grams and cherry tomato has 0.47mg of iron.
Cherry tomato is a great source of potassium and it has 67% more potassium than white bread - white bread has 127mg of potassium per 100 grams and cherry tomato has 212mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, white bread has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than cherry tomato per 100 grams.
White Bread | Cherry Tomato | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.083 G | 0.003 G |
EPA | 0.003 G | ~ |
Total | 0.086 G | 0.003 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, white bread has more linoleic acid than cherry tomato per 100 grams.
White Bread | Cherry Tomato | |
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other omega 6 | 0.002 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 0.879 G | 0.073 G |
Total | 0.881 G | 0.073 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
Note: The specific food items compared are: White Bread (Bread, white wheat) and Cherry Tomato (Tomatoes, orange, raw) .
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5% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
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5% | niacin (Vit B3) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
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5% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
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5% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
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5% | Vitamin E | 5% |
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5% | biotin (Vit B7) | 5% |
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5% | choline | 5% |
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5% | chlorine | 5% |
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5% | chromium | 5% |
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5% | manganese | 5% |
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G | 5% | Water | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||