Cooked whole-wheat pasta vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 67 g of cooked whole-wheat pasta or 79 g of cooked gluten-free corn pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: selenium (11×), manganese (7.3×), copper (3×), niacin (4.8×) and 2 more. More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
67.1 g · 4 g protein · 20.2 g carbs (0.5 g sugars) · 1.1 g fat
79.4 g · 2.1 g protein · 22.2 g carbs · 0.58 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium24.4 µg · 2.2 µg44%4%
- Manganese0.89 mg · 0.12 mg39%5%
- Copper0.15 mg · 0.051 mg17%6%
- Niacin (B3)2.1 mg · 0.44 mg13%3%
- Iron1.2 mg · 0.2 mg6%1%
- Thiamin (B1)0.1 mg · 0.042 mg9%4%
- Fiber2.6 g · 3.8 g9%14%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein4 g · 2.1 g8%·4%
- Total fat1.1 g · 0.58 g1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.16 g · 0.081 g1%·<1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates20.2 g · 22.2 g7%·8%
- Sodiumlimit2.7 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Potassium64.4 mg · 24.6 mg1%·1%
- Calcium8.7 mg · 0.79 mg1%·<1%
- Magnesium36.2 mg · 28.6 mg9%·7%
- Phosphorus85.2 mg · 60.3 mg7%·5%
- Zinc0.9 mg · 0.5 mg8%·5%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 2.4 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.066 mg · 0.018 mg5%·1%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.18 mg · 0.1 mg4%·2%
- Vitamin B60.062 mg · 0.046 mg4%·3%
- Folate14.1 µg · 4.8 µg4%·1%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked whole-wheat pasta (SR Legacy 168910), Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900). 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.