Cooked couscous vs Dry gluten-free corn pasta

Cooked couscousDry gluten-free corn pasta
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

One serving each: 176 calories in cooked couscous (1 cup, cooked, 157 g), 375 calories in dry gluten-free corn pasta (1 cup, 105 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked couscous: selenium (5.2×). More in dry gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (5.3×), magnesium (9.9×), phosphorus (7.7×), carbohydrates (2.3×) and 7 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

Dry gluten-free corn pasta375 cal

1 cup (105 g) · 7.8 g protein · 83.2 g carbs · 2.2 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.

0%50%100%
  • Selenium43.2 µg · 8.3 µg
    78%15%
  • Fiber2.2 g · 11.6 g
    8%41%
  • Magnesium12.6 mg · 125 mg
    3%30%
  • Phosphorus34.5 mg · 266 mg
    3%21%
  • Carbohydrates36.5 g · 83.2 g
    13%30%
  • Copper0.064 mg · 0.21 mg
    7%24%
  • Manganese0.13 mg · 0.51 mg
    6%22%
  • Zinc0.41 mg · 1.9 mg
    4%17%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.099 mg · 0.24 mg
    8%20%
  • Vitamin B60.08 mg · 0.22 mg
    5%13%
  • Niacin (B3)1.5 mg · 2.6 mg
    10%16%
  • Potassium91.1 mg · 309 mg
    2%7%

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.

  • Protein6 g · 7.8 g12%·16%
  • Total fat0.25 g · 2.2 g<1%·3%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.046 g · 0.3 g<1%·2%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Sodiumlimit7.8 mg · 3.1 mg<1%·<1%
  • Calcium12.6 mg · 4.2 mg1%·<1%
  • Iron0.6 mg · 0.98 mg3%·5%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 9.4 µg0%·1%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.042 mg · 0.091 mg3%·7%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.58 mg · 0.51 mg12%·10%
  • Folate23.6 µg · 26.3 µg6%·7%
  • 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), Dry gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168899). 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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