Cooked couscous vs Barley flour
In short
One serving each: 176 calories in cooked couscous (1 cup, cooked, 157 g), 357 calories in barley flour (100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked couscous: selenium (3.3×). More in barley flour: manganese (9×), fiber (5.8×), copper (6.1×), niacin (3.8×) and 10 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup, cooked (157 g) · 6 g protein · 36.5 g carbs (0.16 g sugars) · 0.25 g fat
100 g · 8.7 g protein · 77.4 g carbs · 2.5 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium43.2 µg · 13.1 µg78%24%
- Manganese0.13 mg · 1.2 mg6%51%
- Fiber2.2 g · 12.8 g8%46%
- Copper0.064 mg · 0.39 mg7%44%
- Niacin (B3)1.5 mg · 5.9 mg10%37%
- Magnesium12.6 mg · 88 mg3%21%
- Phosphorus34.5 mg · 234 mg3%19%
- Zinc0.41 mg · 2.1 mg4%19%
- Iron0.6 mg · 3.3 mg3%18%
- Carbohydrates36.5 g · 77.4 g13%28%
- Thiamin (B1)0.099 mg · 0.23 mg8%19%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.042 mg · 0.15 mg3%11%
- Vitamin B60.08 mg · 0.2 mg5%12%
- Potassium91.1 mg · 367 mg2%8%
- Protein6 g · 8.7 g12%17%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat0.25 g · 2.5 g<1%·3%
- Sodiumlimit7.8 mg · 20.3 mg<1%·1%
- Calcium12.6 mg · 35.6 mg1%·3%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: saturated fat, cholesterol, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), biotin (B7), folate, vitamin B12, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked couscous (SR Legacy 169700), Barley flour (Foundation 2512376). 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.