Potato, baked leads 7–3 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Potato, baked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Potato, baked for less sugar, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Whole wheat bread for more protein, more fiber and more calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.69 g4.94 gWIN
- Carbohydrate22.74 g16.95 g
- Fibermore is better2.37 g2.38 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN1.27 g1.72 g
- Total fat0.14 g1.39 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.04 g0.29 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN10.75 mg180.56 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN575.27 mg100.79 mg
- Calciummore is better16.13 mg63.89 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.16 mg0.98 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN30.11 mg29.76 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN10.32 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

