Cooked whole-wheat pasta vs Dry enriched pasta

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 67 g of cooked whole-wheat pasta or 27 g of dry enriched pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: manganese (3.6×), selenium, copper, fiber (3×) and 2 more. More in dry enriched pasta: folate (7.5×) and thiamin (2.3×). 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

Dry enriched pasta100 cal

27 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.41 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.

0%25%50%
  • Manganese0.89 mg · 0.25 mg
    39%11%
  • Folate14.1 µg · 105 µg
    4%26%
  • Selenium24.4 µg · 17 µg
    44%31%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.1 mg · 0.24 mg
    9%20%
  • Copper0.15 mg · 0.078 mg
    17%9%
  • Fiber2.6 g · 0.86 g
    9%3%
  • Magnesium36.2 mg · 14.3 mg
    9%3%
  • Zinc0.9 mg · 0.38 mg
    8%3%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein4 g · 3.5 g8%·7%
  • Total fat1.1 g · 0.41 g1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.16 g · 0.075 g1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.2 g · 20.1 g7%·7%
  • Sodiumlimit2.7 mg · 1.6 mg<1%·<1%
  • Potassium64.4 mg · 60.1 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium8.7 mg · 5.7 mg1%·<1%
  • Iron1.2 mg · 0.89 mg6%·5%
  • Phosphorus85.2 mg · 50.9 mg7%·4%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.15 mg · 0.03 mg1%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0.4 µg · 0.027 µg<1%·<1%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.066 mg · 0.11 mg5%·8%
  • Niacin (B3)2.1 mg · 1.9 mg13%·12%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.18 mg · 0.12 mg4%·2%
  • Vitamin B60.062 mg · 0.038 mg4%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline4.4 mg · 4.1 mg1%·1%

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked whole-wheat pasta (SR Legacy 168910), Dry enriched pasta (SR Legacy 169736). 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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