This article will compare Eggo Minis Homestyle Waffles with Maple Flavor to Eggo Homestyle Waffles and point out the similarities and differences in terms of ingredients and nutrition between these two popular Eggo waffle flavors.
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Differences between Eggo Minis Homestyle Waffles with Maple Flavor and Eggo Homestyle Waffles
The biggest differences between Eggo Minis Homestyle Waffles with Maple Flavor and Eggo Homestyle Waffles are that Eggo Minis Homestyle Waffles are infused with Maple Flavor and they are about half the size of a regular size Eggo Homestyle waffle.
Eggo minis Homestyle waffles will be sweeter than regular size Eggo Homestyle Waffles because they have twice as much added sugar – mainly, due to the extra maple flavor. Eggo minis Homestyle waffles also has more saturated fat, sodium, andcarbohydrates.
Both Eggo Minis and regular sized Homestyle waffles have the same 0.5-inch thickness, making them as thin as Waffle House waffles. However, their diameters are noticeably shorter.
The mini Eggo style waffle makers from Dash have the same 5 inch diameter as a regular sized Eggo Homestyle waffle so you should definitely buy one of these if you want to make your own Eggo waffles from scratch.
Eggo Homestyle waffles do not taste as good as Eggo grab go liege buttery maple and strawberry waffles because they have less than half as much sugar and they use granulated sugar instead of pearl sugar.
What’s in each package?
Eggo Minis Homestyle Waffles with Maple Flavor are only available in a 10.9-ounce package size. Each 10.9-ounce box of Eggo Minis Homestyle Waffles with Maple Flavor comes with 10 sets of 4 mini waffles each. Each 10.9-ounce box cost about $2.99, coming out to about 29.9 cents per set of 4 mini waffles which is a great value for your money.
Eggo Homestyle Waffles are much more popular than Eggo Minis Homestyle Waffles, which is why they are available in many more package sizes, including 12.3-, 29.6-, 49.3-, and 74.1-ounce. Each 12.3-ounce box of Eggo Homestyle Waffles comes with 10 waffles and costs about $2.99, coming out to about 29.9 cents per waffle. Each 29.6-ounce box comes with 24 waffles and costs about $6.50, coming out to about 27 cents per waffle. Each 49.3-ounce box comes with 40 waffles and costs about $9.50, coming out to about 24 cents per waffle. Each 74.1-ounce box comes with 60 waffles and costs about $13.00, coming out to about 22 cents per waffle.
Ingredients for Eggo minis and Regular size Homestyle Waffles
Eggo minis and regular-size Homestyle waffles are made from many common ingredients, such as enriched flour, vegetable oil, eggs, water, baking soda, and sugar, but they use varying amounts of each ingredient.
The ingredient used in the greatest amount for both Eggo minis and Homestyle waffles is enriched flour, which is made from wheat flour, niacin, vitamins B1 and B2, and folic acid. The second most used ingredient for both types of waffles is water.
The third and fourth most used ingredients are vegetable oil and sugar but Eggo minis waffles use more sugar so the ingredients list has it listed before vegetable oil while the ingredients list for regular Eggo Homestyle waffles has vegetable oil listed before sugar.
Eggo Homestyle waffles use more baking soda than Eggo minis but fewer eggs which is why Eggo minis have more richness, color, and flavor.
Also Eggo Homestyle waffles use sugar and dextrose to sweeten their waffles while Eggo minis use sugar and natural maple flavor.
Nutritional Information for Eggo minis and Regular size Homestyle Waffles
There are many differences between Eggo minis and regular size Homestyle Waffles in terms of nutrition, including calories, fat, carbohydrates, sugar, sodium, and potassium, because of the size and sugar difference.
Calories and Sugar
Since Eggo minis Homestyle waffles come with maple flavor, you would expect them to have more sugar and calories than regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffles – and you would be right.
Each Eggo minis Homestyle waffle has a 2 inch diameter and weighs about 7.5 grams. Each sheet of 4 Eggo mini waffles weighs about 31 grams and contains 86.7 calories and 3 grams of added sugar. This means that each gram of an Eggo minis Homestyle waffle contains 2.8 calories and 0.097 grams of sugar.
If you were to eat 3 sheets of 4 mini waffles, you would be consuming 260 calories and 9 grams of added sugar which is about 18% of the daily recommended amount of sugar you should consume.
Each regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffle has a 4 inch diameter, weighs about 35 grams, and contains 90 calories and 2 grams of added sugar. This means that each gram of a regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffle contains 2.57 calories and 0.057 grams of sugar which are fewer than each gram of an Eggo mini.
If you ate 2 regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffles, you would be consuming 180 calories and 4 grams of added sugar which is about 8% of the recommended amount of sugar you should consume each day.
Total fats and carbohydrates
Eggo minis Homestyle waffles have more total fats and carbohydrates than regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffles because they use natural maple flavor and more sugar.
Each sheet of 4 Eggo minis Homestyle waffles weighs about 31 grams and contains 2.67 grams of total fat and 14 grams of total carbohydrates. This means that each gram of an Eggo minis Homestyle waffle contains 0.086 grams of total fat and 0.45 grams of total carbohydrates.
Three sheets of 4 Eggo mini waffles contain 8 grams of total fat and 42 grams of total carbohydrates, which are about 10% and 15% of the daily recommended amount you should consume, respectively.
Each regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffle weighs about 35 grams and contains 2.5 grams of total fat and 15 grams of total carbohydrates. This means that each gram of a regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffle contains 0.071 grams of total fat and 0.428 grams of total carbohydrates which are both more than each gram of an Eggo mini Homestyle waffle.
Two regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffles contain 5 grams of total fat and 30 grams of total carbohydrates, which are about 6% and 11% of the recommended amount you should consume each day, respectively.
Sodium and Potassium
Eggo minis Homestyle waffles also have more potassium and sodium than regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffles. If you ate 2 regular-size Eggo Homestyle waffles, you would be consuming 40 milligrams of potassium and 330 milligrams of sodium which is about 14% of the daily recommended intake of sodium.
If you ate 3 sheets of 4 mini waffles, you would be consuming 60 milligrams of potassium and 510 milligrams of sodium which is about 22% of the 2,300 milligrams of salt that the American Heart Association recommends that adults should consume each day. Eating too much sodium can contribute to high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke so you should keep careful track of your salt intake. If you want to eat a Big Mac from McDonald’s, which contains 940 milligrams of salt, or a Whopper from Burger King, which contains 980 milligrams of salt, for lunch, I would avoid eating Eggo minis for breakfast and have a Banana Protein Smoothie instead, which only has about 150 milligrams of salt.
