Cooked homemade egg pasta vs Dry couscous

In short

One serving each: 74 calories in cooked homemade egg pasta (2 oz, 57 g), 650 calories in dry couscous (1 cup, 173 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol. More in dry couscous: manganese (13×), copper (13×), carbohydrates (10×), pantothenic acid (16×) and 9 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

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

Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%37.5%75%
  • Manganese0.1 mg · 1.3 mg
    5%59%
  • Copper0.032 mg · 0.43 mg
    4%47%
  • Carbohydrates13.4 g · 134 g
    5%49%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.13 mg · 2.2 mg
    3%43%
  • Protein3 g · 22.1 g
    6%44%
  • Niacin (B3)0.72 mg · 6 mg
    4%38%
  • Phosphorus29.6 mg · 294 mg
    2%24%
  • Magnesium8 mg · 76.1 mg
    2%18%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.099 mg · 0.28 mg
    8%23%
  • Zinc0.25 mg · 1.4 mg
    2%13%
  • Vitamin B60.021 mg · 0.19 mg
    1%11%
  • Cholesterollimit23.4 mg · 0 mg
    8%0%
  • Iron0.66 mg · 1.9 mg
    4%10%
  • Potassium12 mg · 287 mg
    <1%6%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Total fat0.99 g · 1.1 g1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.23 g · 0.2 g1%·1%
  • Sodiumlimit47.3 mg · 17.3 mg2%·1%
  • Calcium5.7 mg · 41.5 mg<1%·3%
  • Vitamin A9.7 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.099 mg · 0.13 mg8%·10%
  • Folate34.2 µg · 34.6 µg9%·9%
  • Vitamin B120.057 µg · 0 µg2%·0%

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

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