Cooked couscous vs Dry enriched pasta

Cooked couscousDry enriched pasta
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 89 g of cooked couscous or 27 g of dry enriched pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked couscous: selenium and pantothenic acid (2.9×). More in dry enriched pasta: folate (7.9×), thiamin (4.3×), manganese (3.3×), niacin (2.2×) and 2 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked couscous100 cal

89.3 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.7 g carbs (0.089 g sugars) · 0.14 g fat

Dry enriched pasta100 cal

27 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.41 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 calories 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%25%50%
  • Folate3% vs 26%

    13.4 µg vs 105 µg

  • Thiamin (B1)5% vs 20%

    0.056 mg vs 0.24 mg

  • Selenium45% vs 31%

    24.6 µg vs 17 µg

  • Manganese3% vs 11%

    0.075 mg vs 0.25 mg

  • Niacin (B3)5% vs 12%

    0.88 mg vs 1.9 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)2% vs 8%

    0.024 mg vs 0.11 mg

  • Copper4% vs 9%

    0.037 mg vs 0.078 mg

  • Pantothenic acid (B5)7% vs 2%

    0.33 mg vs 0.12 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein3.4 g · 3.5 g7%·7%
  • Total fat0.14 g · 0.41 g<1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.026 g · 0.075 g<1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.7 g · 20.1 g8%·7%
  • Fiber1.3 g · 0.86 g4%·3%
  • Sodiumlimit4.5 mg · 1.6 mg<1%·<1%
  • Potassium51.8 mg · 60.1 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium7.1 mg · 5.7 mg1%·<1%
  • Iron0.34 mg · 0.89 mg2%·5%
  • Magnesium7.1 mg · 14.3 mg2%·3%
  • Phosphorus19.6 mg · 50.9 mg2%·4%
  • Zinc0.23 mg · 0.38 mg2%·3%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.12 mg · 0.03 mg1%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0.089 µg · 0.027 µg<1%·<1%
  • Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.038 mg3%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline2.9 mg · 4.1 mg1%·1%

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked couscous (SR Legacy 169700), Dry enriched pasta (SR Legacy 169736). 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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