Cooked couscous vs Unenriched pasta, dry

Cooked couscousUnenriched pasta, dry
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

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

More in cooked couscous: selenium and pantothenic acid (2.9×). More in unenriched pasta, dry: manganese (3.3×) and copper (2.1×). 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

Unenriched pasta, dry100 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

Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%25%50%
  • Selenium24.6 µg · 17 µg
    45%31%
  • Manganese0.075 mg · 0.25 mg
    3%11%
  • Copper0.037 mg · 0.078 mg
    4%9%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.33 mg · 0.12 mg
    7%2%

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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 · 0.35 mg2%·2%
  • 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%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.056 mg · 0.024 mg5%·2%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.024 mg · 0.016 mg2%·1%
  • Niacin (B3)0.88 mg · 0.46 mg5%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.038 mg3%·2%
  • Folate13.4 µg · 4.9 µg3%·1%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked couscous (SR Legacy 169700), Unenriched pasta, dry (SR Legacy 168927). 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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