Sweet potato, baked leads 6–4 · 10 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Sweet potato, baked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 10 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Sweet potato, baked for more fiber, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick White bread for more protein, less sugar, more calcium and more iron.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better2.23 g3.33 gWIN
- Carbohydrate23.01 g18.58 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN3.67 g1.02 g
- Total sugarsless is better7.2 g2.13 gWIN
- Total fat0.17 g1.25 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.06 g0.26 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN40 mg184.21 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN527.78 mg47.37 mg
- Calciummore is better42.22 mg54.14 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.77 mg1.36 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN30 mg8.65 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN21.78 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.

