Cooked whole-wheat pasta vs Unenriched pasta, dry
In short
One serving each: 174 calories in cooked whole-wheat pasta (1 cup spaghetti not packed, 117 g), 338 calories in unenriched pasta, dry (1 cup spaghetti, 91 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: manganese, niacin (2.4×), thiamin (2.2×), fiber and 2 more. More in unenriched pasta, dry: selenium, carbohydrates and protein. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup spaghetti not packed (117 g) · 7 g protein · 35.2 g carbs (0.88 g sugars) · 2 g fat
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.
- Manganese1.5 mg · 0.83 mg67%36%
- Selenium42.5 µg · 57.5 µg77%105%
- Niacin (B3)3.7 mg · 1.5 mg23%10%
- Carbohydrates35.2 g · 67.9 g13%25%
- Protein7 g · 11.9 g14%24%
- Thiamin (B1)0.18 mg · 0.082 mg15%7%
- Fiber4.6 g · 2.9 g16%10%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.12 mg · 0.055 mg9%4%
- Iron2 mg · 1.2 mg11%7%
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%
- Folate24.6 µg · 16.4 µg6%·4%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked whole-wheat pasta (SR Legacy 168910), Unenriched pasta, dry (SR Legacy 168927). 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.