Whole wheat bread leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Spaghetti, cooked: 100 g · Whole wheat bread: 100 g.
The verdict
Whole wheat bread comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Spaghetti, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Whole wheat bread for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy164 kcal252 kcal
- Proteinmore is better8.86 g12.45 gWIN
- Carbohydrate30.88 g42.71 g
- Fibermore is better2 g6 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—4.34 g
- Total fat0.21 g3.5 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.72 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN5 mg455 mg
- Potassiummore is better42 mg254 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better10 mg161 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.72 mg2.47 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better30 mg75 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 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.

