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Fiber in Whole wheat bread

Fiber per 1 slice (32 g): 2 g - that works out to 2.4 g of fiber for each 100 kcal.

2 g
per 1 slice

Fiber at a glance

Dietary fiber in Whole wheat bread: per serving, per 100 g, per 100 kcal and against reference intakes
Total fiber, one serving2 g (1 slice)
Serving weight32 g
Fiber in 100 g6 g
Fiber per 100 kcal2.4 g
Energy, one serving81 kcal
Women 19-50 (25 g a day)8% per serving
Men 19-50 (38 g a day)5% per serving
Label Daily Value (28 g)7% per serving
Place in grains, by serving113th of 186
Place in grains, per 100 kcal37th of 186
Food typePrepared / mixed
One 1 slice, 2 g fiber.
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One serving against a day's fiber

The Dietary Reference Intakes set an Adequate Intake for total fiber of 25 g a day for women aged 19 to 50 and 38 g for men of the same ages. Measured against those, the 2 g in a 1 slice serving of whole wheat bread is 8% of the first and 5% of the second. US food labels use a single Daily Value of 28 g instead, which puts this serving at 7%.

Calorie for calorie, the figure is 2.4 g of fiber per 100 kcal (this serving is 81 kcal). Among the 186 grains with USDA energy data here that is 37th, and 407th across all 957. The intakes above were derived from 14 g of fiber per 1,000 kcal, or 1.4 g per 100 kcal, so this food sits above the ratio a whole day of eating is meant to reach.

Getting all 25 g from whole wheat bread alone would take 13 servings, and 38 g would take 19. Most days reach the target through several different sources.

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Portions

Fiber by portion size

Dietary fiber and energy in Whole wheat bread for 100 g and the USDA household portions
PortionGramsFiberkcal
100 g1006 g252
1 slice - this page's serving321.9 g81
1 oz28.351.7 g71

Gram weights come from the household measures on the USDA record; fiber and energy for each portion are its per-100 g values scaled to that weight.

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Questions

Common questions about whole wheat bread

How many grams of fiber are in a 1 slice serving of whole wheat bread?

2 g of total dietary fiber, in a portion weighing 32 g. On a US label that reads as 7% of the 28 g Daily Value.

What is the fiber rank of whole wheat bread in its food group?

By fiber per serving it is number 113 of 186 in its group in this database, and number 37 of 186 when ranked by fiber per 100 kcal.

How much fiber is there per 100 calories of whole wheat bread?

2.4 g. USDA lists 6 g of fiber and 252 kcal in 100 g, and dividing one by the other gives the figure, whatever the portion.

How many servings of whole wheat bread would cover a day's fiber on their own?

About 13 for the 25 g Adequate Intake for women aged 19 to 50, or 19 for the 38 g set for men of those ages.

Per-100 g figures and portion weights on this page come from USDA FoodData Central record 172688 (Bread, whole-wheat, commercially prepared, SR Legacy). For 1 slice that record gives 1.9 g of fiber; the 2 g used on this page is the site's reference figure. USDA nutrient data is public domain.