Barley flour vs Whole grain pasta, cooked

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 28 g of barley flour or 68 g of whole grain pasta, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in whole grain pasta, cooked: selenium (6.7×), sodium and copper. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Barley flour100 cal

28 g · 2.4 g protein · 21.7 g carbs · 0.69 g fat

Whole grain pasta, cooked100 cal

67.6 g · 4 g protein · 20.2 g carbs (0.51 g sugars) · 1.1 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

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  • Selenium7% vs 44%

    3.7 µg vs 24.4 µg

  • Sodiumlimit<1% vs 7%

    5.7 mg vs 159 mg

  • Copper12% vs 17%

    0.11 mg vs 0.15 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein2.4 g · 4 g5%·8%
  • Total fat0.69 g · 1.1 g1%·1%
  • Carbohydrates21.7 g · 20.2 g8%·7%
  • Fiber3.6 g · 2.6 g13%·9%
  • Potassium103 mg · 64.2 mg2%·1%
  • Calcium10 mg · 8.8 mg1%·1%
  • Iron0.92 mg · 1.2 mg5%·6%
  • Magnesium24.6 mg · 36.5 mg6%·9%
  • Phosphorus65.6 mg · 85.1 mg5%·7%
  • Zinc0.6 mg · 0.9 mg5%·8%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.063 mg · 0.1 mg5%·9%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.041 mg · 0.066 mg3%·5%
  • Niacin (B3)1.7 mg · 2.1 mg10%·13%
  • Vitamin B60.056 mg · 0.062 mg3%·4%

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), Whole grain pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708358). 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.

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