Cooked gluten-free corn pasta vs Cooked couscous
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 79 g of cooked gluten-free corn pasta or 89 g of cooked couscous. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (3×) and magnesium (4×). More in cooked couscous: selenium (11×) and pantothenic acid (3.3×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
79.4 g · 2.1 g protein · 22.2 g carbs · 0.58 g fat
89.3 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.7 g carbs (0.089 g sugars) · 0.14 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.
- Selenium4% vs 45%
2.2 µg vs 24.6 µg
- Fiber14% vs 4%
3.8 g vs 1.3 g
- Magnesium7% vs 2%
28.6 mg vs 7.1 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5)2% vs 7%
0.1 mg vs 0.33 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein2.1 g · 3.4 g4%·7%
- Total fat0.58 g · 0.14 g1%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.081 g · 0.026 g<1%·<1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates22.2 g · 20.7 g8%·8%
- Sodiumlimit0 mg · 4.5 mg0%·<1%
- Potassium24.6 mg · 51.8 mg1%·1%
- Calcium0.79 mg · 7.1 mg<1%·1%
- Iron0.2 mg · 0.34 mg1%·2%
- Phosphorus60.3 mg · 19.6 mg5%·2%
- Zinc0.5 mg · 0.23 mg5%·2%
- Copper0.051 mg · 0.037 mg6%·4%
- Manganese0.12 mg · 0.075 mg5%·3%
- Vitamin A2.4 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.042 mg · 0.056 mg4%·5%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.018 mg · 0.024 mg1%·2%
- Niacin (B3)0.44 mg · 0.88 mg3%·5%
- Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.046 mg3%·3%
- Folate4.8 µg · 13.4 µg1%·3%
- 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 gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900), Cooked couscous (SR Legacy 169700). 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.