Cooked gluten-free corn pasta vs Dry couscous
In short
One serving each: 176 calories in cooked gluten-free corn pasta (1 cup, 140 g), 650 calories in dry couscous (1 cup, 173 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in dry couscous: manganese (6.3×), pantothenic acid (12×), copper (4.8×), protein (6×) and 12 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup (140 g) · 3.7 g protein · 39.1 g carbs · 1 g fat
1 cup (173 g) · 22.1 g protein · 134 g carbs · 1.1 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Manganese0.21 mg · 1.3 mg9%59%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.18 mg · 2.2 mg4%43%
- Copper0.09 mg · 0.43 mg10%47%
- Protein3.7 g · 22.1 g7%44%
- Carbohydrates39.1 g · 134 g14%49%
- Niacin (B3)0.78 mg · 6 mg5%38%
- Thiamin (B1)0.074 mg · 0.28 mg6%23%
- Phosphorus106 mg · 294 mg9%24%
- Iron0.35 mg · 1.9 mg2%10%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.032 mg · 0.13 mg2%10%
- Fiber6.7 g · 8.7 g24%31%
- Folate8.4 µg · 34.6 µg2%9%
- Vitamin B60.081 mg · 0.19 mg5%11%
- Magnesium50.4 mg · 76.1 mg12%18%
- Potassium43.4 mg · 287 mg1%6%
- Zinc0.88 mg · 1.4 mg8%13%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat1 g · 1.1 g1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.14 g · 0.2 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit0 mg · 17.3 mg0%·1%
- Calcium1.4 mg · 41.5 mg<1%·3%
- Vitamin A4.2 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- 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.