Cooked couscous vs Cooked homemade egg pasta
In short
Gram for gram, there are 16% more calories in cooked homemade egg pasta than in cooked couscous (130 vs 112 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol, riboflavin (6.4×), folate (4×), thiamin (2.7×) and 3 more. 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
5.3 g protein · 23.5 g carbs · 1.7 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 41 mg0%14%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.027 mg · 0.17 mg2%13%
- Folate15 µg · 60 µg4%15%
- Thiamin (B1)0.063 mg · 0.17 mg5%14%
- Iron0.38 mg · 1.2 mg2%6%
- Manganese0.084 mg · 0.18 mg4%8%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0.1 µg0%4%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein3.8 g · 5.3 g8%·11%
- Total fat0.16 g · 1.7 g<1%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.029 g · 0.41 g<1%·2%
- Carbohydrates23.2 g · 23.5 g8%·9%
- Sodiumlimit5 mg · 83 mg<1%·4%
- Potassium58 mg · 21 mg1%·<1%
- Calcium8 mg · 10 mg1%·1%
- Magnesium8 mg · 14 mg2%·3%
- Phosphorus22 mg · 52 mg2%·4%
- Zinc0.26 mg · 0.44 mg2%·4%
- Copper0.041 mg · 0.056 mg5%·6%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 17 µg0%·2%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Niacin (B3)0.98 mg · 1.3 mg6%·8%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.37 mg · 0.23 mg7%·5%
- Vitamin B60.051 mg · 0.037 mg3%·2%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, selenium, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked couscous (SR Legacy 169700), Cooked homemade egg pasta (SR Legacy 168901). 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.