Cooked homemade egg pasta vs Cooked couscous

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 77 g of cooked homemade egg pasta or 89 g of cooked couscous. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol, riboflavin (5.6×), folate (3.4×) and thiamin (2.4×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked homemade egg pasta100 cal

76.9 g · 4.1 g protein · 18.1 g carbs · 1.3 g fat

Cooked couscous100 cal

89.3 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.7 g carbs (0.089 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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  • Cholesterollimit11% vs 0%

    31.5 mg vs 0 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)10% vs 2%

    0.13 mg vs 0.024 mg

  • Folate12% vs 3%

    46.2 µg vs 13.4 µg

  • Thiamin (B1)11% vs 5%

    0.13 mg vs 0.056 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein4.1 g · 3.4 g8%·7%
  • Total fat1.3 g · 0.14 g2%·<1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.31 g · 0.026 g2%·<1%
  • Carbohydrates18.1 g · 20.7 g7%·8%
  • Sodiumlimit63.8 mg · 4.5 mg3%·<1%
  • Potassium16.2 mg · 51.8 mg<1%·1%
  • Calcium7.7 mg · 7.1 mg1%·1%
  • Iron0.89 mg · 0.34 mg5%·2%
  • Magnesium10.8 mg · 7.1 mg3%·2%
  • Phosphorus40 mg · 19.6 mg3%·2%
  • Zinc0.34 mg · 0.23 mg3%·2%
  • Copper0.043 mg · 0.037 mg5%·4%
  • Manganese0.14 mg · 0.075 mg6%·3%
  • Vitamin A13.1 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Niacin (B3)0.97 mg · 0.88 mg6%·5%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.18 mg · 0.33 mg4%·7%
  • Vitamin B60.028 mg · 0.046 mg2%·3%
  • Vitamin B120.077 µg · 0 µg3%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, selenium, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked homemade egg pasta (SR Legacy 168901), Cooked couscous (SR Legacy 169700). 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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