Cooked couscous vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
In short
Gram for gram, there are 13% more calories in cooked gluten-free corn pasta than in cooked couscous (126 vs 112 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked couscous: selenium (9.8×) and pantothenic acid (2.9×). More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (3.4×), magnesium (4.5×) and phosphorus (3.5×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
3.8 g protein · 23.2 g carbs (0.1 g sugars) · 0.16 g fat
2.6 g protein · 27.9 g carbs · 0.73 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium50% vs 5%
27.5 µg vs 2.8 µg
- Fiber5% vs 17%
1.4 g vs 4.8 g
- Magnesium2% vs 9%
8 mg vs 36 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5)7% vs 3%
0.37 mg vs 0.13 mg
- Phosphorus2% vs 6%
22 mg vs 76 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein3.8 g · 2.6 g8%·5%
- Total fat0.16 g · 0.73 g<1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.029 g · 0.1 g<1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates23.2 g · 27.9 g8%·10%
- Sodiumlimit5 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Potassium58 mg · 31 mg1%·1%
- Calcium8 mg · 1 mg1%·<1%
- Iron0.38 mg · 0.25 mg2%·1%
- Zinc0.26 mg · 0.63 mg2%·6%
- Copper0.041 mg · 0.064 mg5%·7%
- Manganese0.084 mg · 0.15 mg4%·7%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 3 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.063 mg · 0.053 mg5%·4%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.027 mg · 0.023 mg2%·2%
- Niacin (B3)0.98 mg · 0.56 mg6%·3%
- Vitamin B60.051 mg · 0.058 mg3%·3%
- Folate15 µg · 6 µg4%·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.