Cooked gluten-free corn pasta vs Dry couscous
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 79 g of cooked gluten-free corn pasta or 27 g of dry couscous. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (2.9×) and magnesium (2.4×). More in dry couscous: 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
26.6 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.6 g carbs · 0.17 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.
- Fiber14% vs 5%
3.8 g vs 1.3 g
- Pantothenic acid (B5)2% vs 7%
0.1 mg vs 0.33 mg
- Magnesium7% vs 3%
28.6 mg vs 11.7 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 · 0.17 g1%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.081 g · 0.031 g<1%·<1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates22.2 g · 20.6 g8%·7%
- Sodiumlimit0 mg · 2.7 mg0%·<1%
- Potassium24.6 mg · 44.1 mg1%·1%
- Calcium0.79 mg · 6.4 mg<1%·<1%
- Iron0.2 mg · 0.29 mg1%·2%
- Phosphorus60.3 mg · 45.2 mg5%·4%
- Zinc0.5 mg · 0.22 mg5%·2%
- Copper0.051 mg · 0.066 mg6%·7%
- Manganese0.12 mg · 0.21 mg5%·9%
- Vitamin A2.4 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.042 mg · 0.043 mg4%·4%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.018 mg · 0.021 mg1%·2%
- Niacin (B3)0.44 mg · 0.93 mg3%·6%
- Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.029 mg3%·2%
- Folate4.8 µg · 5.3 µg1%·1%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: selenium, vitamin D.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900), Dry couscous (SR Legacy 169699). 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.