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
1 cup, cooked (157 g) · 6 g protein · 36.5 g carbs (0.16 g sugars) · 0.25 g fat
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.
- 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
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.