Barley flour vs Plain couscous, cooked
In short
Gram for gram, there are 3.2 times as many calories in barley flour as in plain couscous, cooked (357 vs 111 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in barley flour: fiber (9.1×), copper (9.6×), niacin (6.1×), carbohydrates (3.3×) and 9 more. More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (2.1×) and sodium (9.3×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
8.7 g protein · 77.4 g carbs · 2.5 g fat
3.8 g protein · 23.1 g carbs (0.1 g sugars) · 0.16 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Fiber12.8 g · 1.4 g46%5%
- Copper0.39 mg · 0.041 mg44%5%
- Niacin (B3)5.9 mg · 0.98 mg37%6%
- Selenium13.1 µg · 27.4 µg24%50%
- Carbohydrates77.4 g · 23.1 g28%8%
- Magnesium88 mg · 8 mg21%2%
- Zinc2.1 mg · 0.26 mg19%2%
- Phosphorus234 mg · 22 mg19%2%
- Iron3.3 mg · 0.38 mg18%2%
- Thiamin (B1)0.23 mg · 0.063 mg19%5%
- Protein8.7 g · 3.8 g17%8%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.15 mg · 0.027 mg11%2%
- Vitamin B60.2 mg · 0.051 mg12%3%
- Sodiumlimit20.3 mg · 189 mg1%8%
- Potassium367 mg · 58 mg8%1%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Total fat2.5 g · 0.16 g3%·<1%
- Calcium35.6 mg · 8 mg3%·1%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: saturated fat, cholesterol, manganese, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, biotin (B7), folate, vitamin B12, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Barley flour (Foundation 2512376), Plain couscous, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708441). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.