Yam vs Bread: All Nutritional Differences

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Less Calories in Yam

At first glance, you can see that in yam is much less calories than in bread.

Yam has 108 kcal per 100g and bread 266 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 146%.

In yam and in bread most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare yam with bread in details.

Yam And Bread Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  bread - 146% more than yam
• Carbohydrates:
  bread - 77% more than yam
• Fat:
  bread - 1859% more than yam
• Dietary fiber:
  yam - 52% more than bread
• Protein:
  bread - 478% more than yam

Less protein in yam

It is aslo easy to see see that in yam is less protein than in bread.

There is 8.85g per 100g of bread and 1.53g per 100g of yam so using simple math we can see that difference is about 478%.

Less carbohydrates in yam

In yam is less carbohydrates than in bread.

There is 49.42g/100g of carbohydrates in bread and 27.88g/100g in yam so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 77%.

Less fat in yam

In yam is less fats than in bread.

The tables above show us that there is 3.33g/100g of fats in bread and 0.17g/100g in yam. In this case difference is about 1859%.