Cooked whole-wheat pasta vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
In short
Gram for gram, there are 18% more calories in cooked whole-wheat pasta than in cooked gluten-free corn pasta (149 vs 126 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: selenium (13×), manganese (8.6×), copper (3.5×), niacin (5.6×) and 7 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
6 g protein · 30.1 g carbs (0.75 g sugars) · 1.7 g fat
2.6 g protein · 27.9 g carbs · 0.73 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 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium66% vs 5%
36.3 µg vs 2.8 µg
- Manganese57% vs 7%
1.3 mg vs 0.15 mg
- Copper25% vs 7%
0.23 mg vs 0.064 mg
- Niacin (B3)20% vs 3%
3.1 mg vs 0.56 mg
- Thiamin (B1)13% vs 4%
0.16 mg vs 0.053 mg
- Iron10% vs 1%
1.7 mg vs 0.25 mg
- Protein12% vs 5%
6 g vs 2.6 g
- Zinc12% vs 6%
1.3 mg vs 0.63 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)8% vs 2%
0.099 mg vs 0.023 mg
- Magnesium13% vs 9%
54 mg vs 36 mg
- Phosphorus10% vs 6%
127 mg vs 76 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Total fat1.7 g · 0.73 g2%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.24 g · 0.1 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates30.1 g · 27.9 g11%·10%
- Fiber3.9 g · 4.8 g14%·17%
- Sodiumlimit4 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Potassium96 mg · 31 mg2%·1%
- Calcium13 mg · 1 mg1%·<1%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 3 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.27 mg · 0.13 mg5%·3%
- Vitamin B60.093 mg · 0.058 mg5%·3%
- Folate21 µg · 6 µg5%·2%
- 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.