Cooked couscous vs Dry gluten-free corn pasta

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

Each dot 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 gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

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  • Selenium78% vs 15%

    43.2 µg vs 8.3 µg

  • Fiber8% vs 41%

    2.2 g vs 11.6 g

  • Magnesium3% vs 30%

    12.6 mg vs 125 mg

  • Phosphorus3% vs 21%

    34.5 mg vs 266 mg

  • Carbohydrates13% vs 30%

    36.5 g vs 83.2 g

  • Copper7% vs 24%

    0.064 mg vs 0.21 mg

  • Manganese6% vs 22%

    0.13 mg vs 0.51 mg

  • Zinc4% vs 17%

    0.41 mg vs 1.9 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)8% vs 20%

    0.099 mg vs 0.24 mg

  • Vitamin B65% vs 13%

    0.08 mg vs 0.22 mg

  • Niacin (B3)10% vs 16%

    1.5 mg vs 2.6 mg

  • Potassium2% vs 7%

    91.1 mg vs 309 mg

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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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