Cooked brown long-grain rice vs Unenriched pasta, dry
In short
One serving each: 248 calories in cooked brown long-grain rice (1 cup, 202 g), 338 calories in unenriched pasta, dry (1 cup spaghetti, 91 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked brown long-grain rice: manganese (2.4×), thiamin (4.4×), niacin (3.3×), pantothenic acid and 3 more. More in unenriched pasta, dry: selenium (4.9×), protein (2.1×), carbohydrates and copper. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup (202 g) · 5.5 g protein · 51.7 g carbs (0.48 g sugars) · 2 g fat
1 cup spaghetti (91 g) · 11.9 g protein · 67.9 g carbs (2.4 g sugars) · 1.4 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium21% vs 105%
11.7 µg vs 57.5 µg
- Manganese86% vs 36%
2 mg vs 0.83 mg
- Thiamin (B1)30% vs 7%
0.36 mg vs 0.082 mg
- Niacin (B3)32% vs 10%
5.2 mg vs 1.5 mg
- Protein11% vs 24%
5.5 g vs 11.9 g
- Pantothenic acid (B5)15% vs 8%
0.77 mg vs 0.39 mg
- Magnesium19% vs 11%
78.8 mg vs 48.2 mg
- Vitamin B615% vs 8%
0.25 mg vs 0.13 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)11% vs 4%
0.14 mg vs 0.055 mg
- Carbohydrates19% vs 25%
51.7 g vs 67.9 g
- Copper24% vs 29%
0.21 mg vs 0.26 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat2 g · 1.4 g3%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.53 g · 0.25 g3%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber3.2 g · 2.9 g12%·10%
- Sodiumlimit8.1 mg · 5.5 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium174 mg · 203 mg4%·4%
- Calcium6.1 mg · 19.1 mg<1%·1%
- Iron1.1 mg · 1.2 mg6%·7%
- Phosphorus208 mg · 172 mg17%·14%
- Zinc1.4 mg · 1.3 mg13%·12%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.34 mg · 0.1 mg2%·1%
- Vitamin K0.4 µg · 0.091 µg<1%·<1%
- Folate18.2 µg · 16.4 µg5%·4%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked brown long-grain rice (SR Legacy 169704), Unenriched pasta, dry (SR Legacy 168927). 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.