Cooked homemade egg pasta vs Cooked whole-wheat pasta

In short

One serving each: 74 calories in cooked homemade egg pasta (2 oz, 57 g), 174 calories in cooked whole-wheat pasta (1 cup spaghetti not packed, 117 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol. More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: manganese (15×), copper (8.2×), niacin (5.1×), magnesium (7.9×) and 7 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked homemade egg pasta74 cal

2 oz (57 g) · 3 g protein · 13.4 g carbs · 0.99 g fat

Cooked whole-wheat pasta174 cal

1 cup spaghetti not packed (117 g) · 7 g protein · 35.2 g carbs (0.88 g sugars) · 2 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%
  • Manganese5% vs 67%

    0.1 mg vs 1.5 mg

  • Copper4% vs 29%

    0.032 mg vs 0.26 mg

  • Niacin (B3)4% vs 23%

    0.72 mg vs 3.7 mg

  • Magnesium2% vs 15%

    8 mg vs 63.2 mg

  • Zinc2% vs 14%

    0.25 mg vs 1.6 mg

  • Phosphorus2% vs 12%

    29.6 mg vs 149 mg

  • Protein6% vs 14%

    3 g vs 7 g

  • Carbohydrates5% vs 13%

    13.4 g vs 35.2 g

  • Cholesterollimit8% vs 0%

    23.4 mg vs 0 mg

  • Iron4% vs 11%

    0.66 mg vs 2 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)8% vs 15%

    0.099 mg vs 0.18 mg

  • Vitamin B61% vs 6%

    0.021 mg vs 0.11 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.

  • Total fat0.99 g · 2 g1%·3%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.23 g · 0.28 g1%·1%
  • Sodiumlimit47.3 mg · 4.7 mg2%·<1%
  • Potassium12 mg · 112 mg<1%·2%
  • Calcium5.7 mg · 15.2 mg<1%·1%
  • Vitamin A9.7 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.099 mg · 0.12 mg8%·9%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.13 mg · 0.31 mg3%·6%
  • Folate34.2 µg · 24.6 µg9%·6%
  • Vitamin B120.057 µg · 0 µg2%·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 whole-wheat pasta (SR Legacy 168910). 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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