Cooked whole-wheat pasta vs Cooked homemade egg pasta

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 67 g of cooked whole-wheat pasta or 77 g of cooked homemade egg pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: manganese (6.3×), copper (3.5×), niacin (2.2×), magnesium (3.4×) and zinc (2.7×). More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol, folate (3.3×) and riboflavin (2×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked whole-wheat pasta100 cal

67.1 g · 4 g protein · 20.2 g carbs (0.5 g sugars) · 1.1 g fat

Cooked homemade egg pasta100 cal

76.9 g · 4.1 g protein · 18.1 g carbs · 1.3 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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  • Manganese39% vs 6%

    0.89 mg vs 0.14 mg

  • Copper17% vs 5%

    0.15 mg vs 0.043 mg

  • Cholesterollimit0% vs 11%

    0 mg vs 31.5 mg

  • Folate4% vs 12%

    14.1 µg vs 46.2 µg

  • Niacin (B3)13% vs 6%

    2.1 mg vs 0.97 mg

  • Magnesium9% vs 3%

    36.2 mg vs 10.8 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)5% vs 10%

    0.066 mg vs 0.13 mg

  • Zinc8% vs 3%

    0.9 mg vs 0.34 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein4 g · 4.1 g8%·8%
  • Total fat1.1 g · 1.3 g1%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.16 g · 0.31 g1%·2%
  • Carbohydrates20.2 g · 18.1 g7%·7%
  • Sodiumlimit2.7 mg · 63.8 mg<1%·3%
  • Potassium64.4 mg · 16.2 mg1%·<1%
  • Calcium8.7 mg · 7.7 mg1%·1%
  • Iron1.2 mg · 0.89 mg6%·5%
  • Phosphorus85.2 mg · 40 mg7%·3%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 13.1 µg0%·1%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.1 mg · 0.13 mg9%·11%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.18 mg · 0.18 mg4%·4%
  • Vitamin B60.062 mg · 0.028 mg4%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0.077 µg0%·3%

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

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked whole-wheat pasta (SR Legacy 168910), Cooked homemade egg pasta (SR Legacy 168901). 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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