Cooked whole-wheat pasta vs Dry enriched pasta

In short

One serving each: 174 calories in cooked whole-wheat pasta (1 cup spaghetti not packed, 117 g), 338 calories in dry enriched pasta (1 cup spaghetti, 91 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: manganese and fiber. More in dry enriched pasta: folate (14×), thiamin (4.4×), selenium, riboflavin (3.1×) and 4 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked whole-wheat pasta174 cal

1 cup spaghetti not packed (117 g) · 7 g protein · 35.2 g carbs (0.88 g sugars) · 2 g fat

Dry enriched pasta338 cal

1 cup spaghetti (91 g) · 11.9 g protein · 67.9 g carbs (2.4 g sugars) · 1.4 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%62.5%125%
  • Folate24.6 µg · 356 µg
    6%89%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.18 mg · 0.81 mg
    15%68%
  • Manganese1.5 mg · 0.83 mg
    67%36%
  • Selenium42.5 µg · 57.5 µg
    77%105%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.12 mg · 0.36 mg
    9%28%
  • Niacin (B3)3.7 mg · 6.5 mg
    23%41%
  • Carbohydrates35.2 g · 67.9 g
    13%25%
  • Protein7 g · 11.9 g
    14%24%
  • Fiber4.6 g · 2.9 g
    16%10%
  • Iron2 mg · 3 mg
    11%17%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Total fat2 g · 1.4 g3%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.28 g · 0.25 g1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Sodiumlimit4.7 mg · 5.5 mg<1%·<1%
  • Potassium112 mg · 203 mg2%·4%
  • Calcium15.2 mg · 19.1 mg1%·1%
  • Magnesium63.2 mg · 48.2 mg15%·11%
  • Phosphorus149 mg · 172 mg12%·14%
  • Zinc1.6 mg · 1.3 mg14%·12%
  • Copper0.26 mg · 0.26 mg29%·29%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.27 mg · 0.1 mg2%·1%
  • Vitamin K0.7 µg · 0.091 µg1%·<1%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.31 mg · 0.39 mg6%·8%
  • Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.13 mg6%·8%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline7.6 mg · 13.7 mg1%·2%

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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