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

Cooked couscous176 cal

1 cup, cooked (157 g) · 6 g protein · 36.5 g carbs (0.16 g sugars) · 0.25 g fat

Barley flour357 cal

100 g · 8.7 g protein · 77.4 g carbs · 2.5 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.

0%50%100%
  • Selenium78% vs 24%

    43.2 µg vs 13.1 µg

  • Manganese6% vs 51%

    0.13 mg vs 1.2 mg

  • Fiber8% vs 46%

    2.2 g vs 12.8 g

  • Copper7% vs 44%

    0.064 mg vs 0.39 mg

  • Niacin (B3)10% vs 37%

    1.5 mg vs 5.9 mg

  • Magnesium3% vs 21%

    12.6 mg vs 88 mg

  • Phosphorus3% vs 19%

    34.5 mg vs 234 mg

  • Zinc4% vs 19%

    0.41 mg vs 2.1 mg

  • Iron3% vs 18%

    0.6 mg vs 3.3 mg

  • Carbohydrates13% vs 28%

    36.5 g vs 77.4 g

  • Thiamin (B1)8% vs 19%

    0.099 mg vs 0.23 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)3% vs 11%

    0.042 mg vs 0.15 mg

  • Vitamin B65% vs 12%

    0.08 mg vs 0.2 mg

  • Potassium2% vs 8%

    91.1 mg vs 367 mg

  • Protein12% vs 17%

    6 g vs 8.7 g

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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.

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