First, let's take a look at the macros. Each of these are listed in grams and as usual, normalized to 200 calories for easy comparison, so we're always comparing apples to apples.
Whole grain bread | Sweet potato |
Nutrient | whole grain bread | sweet potato |
Protein | 10g | 4g |
Carbohydrate | 33g | 47g |
Fiber | 6g | 7g |
Fat | 3g | 0g |
Monounsat. Fat | 1g | 0g |
Polyunsat. Fat | 1g | 0g |
Saturated Fat | 1g | 0g |
Next, let's take a look at the Vitamin density. These values are shown in units of percent of recommended daily intake. And since we're showing 200 calories worth, this means anything above 10% is good.
Nutrient | whole grain bread | sweet potato |
Choline | 5% | 7% |
Vitamin A | 0% | 331% |
Vitamin C | 0% | 45% |
Vitamin E | 2% | 21% |
Vitamin K | 1% | 7% |
Sweet potato have significantly more Vitamins A, E, C, K than whole grain bread. Whole grain bread are a good source of Niacin, Phosphorus, Iron. Sweet potato are a good source of Vitamin E, Pantothenic Acid, Vitamin B6, Iron. Sweet potato are a great source of Vitamin C. Sweet potato are an excellent source of Vitamin A.
And here we see the B-vitamins: B1 (Thiamin), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5 (Pantothenic Acid), B6 (Pyridoxine)
Nutrient | whole grain bread | sweet potato |
Vitamin B1 | 17% | 15% |
Vitamin B2 | 9% | 11% |
Vitamin B3 | 25% | 12% |
Vitamin B5 | 5% | 31% |
Vitamin B6 | 18% | 39% |
Vitamin B12 | 0% | 0% |
Now, lets look at mineral density. Here we have a lot of important electrolytes and minerals. Once again, units are in percent of RDI, thus for this 200 calorie serving anything above 10% would considered high.
Nutrient | whole grain bread | sweet potato |
Sodium | 21% | 5% |
Potasium | 5% | 17% |
Calcium | 15% | 14% |
Magnesium | 17% | 14% |
Phosphorus | 30% | 15% |
Iron | 31% | 32% |
Manganese | 66% | 30% |
Selenium | 55% | 1% |
Copper | 21% | 25% |
Zinc | 14% | 6% |