Cooked gluten-free corn pasta vs Whole grain pasta, cooked

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 79 g of cooked gluten-free corn pasta or 68 g of whole grain pasta, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber. More in whole grain pasta, cooked: selenium (11×), copper (3×), niacin (4.8×), sodium and 2 more. 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

Whole grain pasta, cooked100 cal

67.6 g · 4 g protein · 20.2 g carbs (0.51 g sugars) · 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 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 44%

    2.2 µg vs 24.4 µg

  • Copper6% vs 17%

    0.051 mg vs 0.15 mg

  • Niacin (B3)3% vs 13%

    0.44 mg vs 2.1 mg

  • Sodiumlimit0% vs 7%

    0 mg vs 159 mg

  • Iron1% vs 6%

    0.2 mg vs 1.2 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)4% vs 9%

    0.042 mg vs 0.1 mg

  • Fiber14% vs 9%

    3.8 g vs 2.6 g

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein2.1 g · 4 g4%·8%
  • Total fat0.58 g · 1.1 g1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.081 g · 0.16 g<1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates22.2 g · 20.2 g8%·7%
  • Potassium24.6 mg · 64.2 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium0.79 mg · 8.8 mg<1%·1%
  • Magnesium28.6 mg · 36.5 mg7%·9%
  • Phosphorus60.3 mg · 85.1 mg5%·7%
  • Zinc0.5 mg · 0.9 mg5%·8%
  • Vitamin A2.4 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.018 mg · 0.066 mg1%·5%
  • Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.062 mg3%·4%
  • Folate4.8 µg · 14.2 µg1%·4%
  • 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), Whole grain pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708358). 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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