Cooked brown long-grain rice vs Dry enriched pasta

Cooked brown long-grain riceDry enriched pasta
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 81 g of cooked brown long-grain rice or 27 g of dry enriched pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked brown long-grain rice: manganese (3.2×) and magnesium (2.2×). More in dry enriched pasta: folate (14×), selenium (3.6×) and thiamin. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked brown long-grain rice100 cal

81.3 g · 2.2 g protein · 20.8 g carbs (0.2 g sugars) · 0.79 g fat

Dry enriched pasta100 cal

27 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.41 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 calories 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.

0%25%50%
  • Folate7.3 µg · 105 µg
    2%26%
  • Manganese0.79 mg · 0.25 mg
    34%11%
  • Selenium4.7 µg · 17 µg
    9%31%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.14 mg · 0.24 mg
    12%20%
  • Magnesium31.7 mg · 14.3 mg
    8%3%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein2.2 g · 3.5 g4%·7%
  • Total fat0.79 g · 0.41 g1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.21 g · 0.075 g1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.8 g · 20.1 g8%·7%
  • Fiber1.3 g · 0.86 g5%·3%
  • Sodiumlimit3.3 mg · 1.6 mg<1%·<1%
  • Potassium69.9 mg · 60.1 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium2.4 mg · 5.7 mg<1%·<1%
  • Iron0.46 mg · 0.89 mg3%·5%
  • Phosphorus83.7 mg · 50.9 mg7%·4%
  • Zinc0.58 mg · 0.38 mg5%·3%
  • Copper0.086 mg · 0.078 mg10%·9%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.14 mg · 0.03 mg1%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0.16 µg · 0.027 µg<1%·<1%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.056 mg · 0.11 mg4%·8%
  • Niacin (B3)2.1 mg · 1.9 mg13%·12%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.31 mg · 0.12 mg6%·2%
  • Vitamin B60.1 mg · 0.038 mg6%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline7.5 mg · 4.1 mg1%·1%

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked brown long-grain rice (SR Legacy 169704), Dry enriched pasta (SR Legacy 169736). 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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