Cooked couscous vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
In short
One serving each: 176 calories in cooked couscous (1 cup, cooked, 157 g), 176 calories in cooked gluten-free corn pasta (1 cup, 140 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked couscous: selenium (11×), pantothenic acid (3.3×), niacin and protein. More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (3.1×), magnesium (4×), phosphorus (3.1×) and zinc (2.2×). 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
1 cup (140 g) · 3.7 g protein · 39.1 g carbs · 1 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 · 3.9 µg78%7%
- Fiber2.2 g · 6.7 g8%24%
- Magnesium12.6 mg · 50.4 mg3%12%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.58 mg · 0.18 mg12%4%
- Phosphorus34.5 mg · 106 mg3%9%
- Niacin (B3)1.5 mg · 0.78 mg10%5%
- Protein6 g · 3.7 g12%7%
- Zinc0.41 mg · 0.88 mg4%8%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat0.25 g · 1 g<1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.046 g · 0.14 g<1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates36.5 g · 39.1 g13%·14%
- Sodiumlimit7.8 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Potassium91.1 mg · 43.4 mg2%·1%
- Calcium12.6 mg · 1.4 mg1%·<1%
- Iron0.6 mg · 0.35 mg3%·2%
- Copper0.064 mg · 0.09 mg7%·10%
- Manganese0.13 mg · 0.21 mg6%·9%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 4.2 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.099 mg · 0.074 mg8%·6%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.042 mg · 0.032 mg3%·2%
- Vitamin B60.08 mg · 0.081 mg5%·5%
- Folate23.6 µg · 8.4 µg6%·2%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked couscous (SR Legacy 169700), Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900). 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.