Cooked gluten-free corn pasta vs Plain couscous, cooked

Cooked gluten-free corn pastaPlain couscous, cooked
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 79 g of cooked gluten-free corn pasta or 90 g of plain couscous, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (3×) and magnesium (4×). More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (11×) and sodium. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked gluten-free corn pasta100 cal

79.4 g · 2.1 g protein · 22.2 g carbs · 0.58 g fat

Plain couscous, cooked100 cal

90.1 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.8 g carbs (0.09 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.

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  • Selenium4% vs 45%

    2.2 µg vs 24.7 µg

  • Fiber14% vs 5%

    3.8 g vs 1.3 g

  • Sodiumlimit0% vs 7%

    0 mg vs 170 mg

  • Magnesium7% vs 2%

    28.6 mg vs 7.2 mg

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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 · 20.8 g8%·8%
  • Potassium24.6 mg · 52.3 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium0.79 mg · 7.2 mg<1%·1%
  • Iron0.2 mg · 0.34 mg1%·2%
  • Phosphorus60.3 mg · 19.8 mg5%·2%
  • Zinc0.5 mg · 0.23 mg5%·2%
  • Copper0.051 mg · 0.037 mg6%·4%
  • Vitamin A2.4 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.042 mg · 0.057 mg4%·5%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.018 mg · 0.024 mg1%·2%
  • Niacin (B3)0.44 mg · 0.88 mg3%·6%
  • Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.046 mg3%·3%
  • Folate4.8 µg · 13.5 µg1%·3%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900), Plain couscous, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708441). 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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