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

Cooked gluten-free corn pasta176 cal

1 cup (140 g) · 3.7 g protein · 39.1 g carbs · 1 g fat

Dry couscous650 cal

1 cup (173 g) · 22.1 g protein · 134 g carbs · 1.1 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.

0%37.5%75%
  • Manganese9% vs 59%

    0.21 mg vs 1.3 mg

  • Pantothenic acid (B5)4% vs 43%

    0.18 mg vs 2.2 mg

  • Copper10% vs 47%

    0.09 mg vs 0.43 mg

  • Protein7% vs 44%

    3.7 g vs 22.1 g

  • Carbohydrates14% vs 49%

    39.1 g vs 134 g

  • Niacin (B3)5% vs 38%

    0.78 mg vs 6 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)6% vs 23%

    0.074 mg vs 0.28 mg

  • Phosphorus9% vs 24%

    106 mg vs 294 mg

  • Iron2% vs 10%

    0.35 mg vs 1.9 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)2% vs 10%

    0.032 mg vs 0.13 mg

  • Fiber24% vs 31%

    6.7 g vs 8.7 g

  • Folate2% vs 9%

    8.4 µg vs 34.6 µg

  • Vitamin B65% vs 11%

    0.081 mg vs 0.19 mg

  • Magnesium12% vs 18%

    50.4 mg vs 76.1 mg

  • Potassium1% vs 6%

    43.4 mg vs 287 mg

  • Zinc8% vs 13%

    0.88 mg vs 1.4 mg

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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.

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