Cooked whole-wheat pasta vs Vegetable pasta, cooked

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 67 g of cooked whole-wheat pasta or 78 g of vegetable pasta, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: selenium, copper (2.1×), niacin (2.5×), magnesium (2.4×) and 2 more. More in vegetable pasta, cooked: folate (5.9×). 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

Vegetable pasta, cooked100 cal

78.1 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.7 g carbs (0.9 g sugars) · 0.086 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%
  • Folate14.1 µg · 82.8 µg
    4%21%
  • Selenium24.4 µg · 15.5 µg
    44%28%
  • Copper0.15 mg · 0.072 mg
    17%8%
  • Niacin (B3)2.1 mg · 0.83 mg
    13%5%
  • Magnesium36.2 mg · 14.8 mg
    9%4%
  • Zinc0.9 mg · 0.34 mg
    8%3%
  • Iron1.2 mg · 0.38 mg
    6%2%

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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 · 0.086 g1%·<1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.16 g · 0.013 g1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.2 g · 20.7 g7%·8%
  • Fiber2.6 g · 3.4 g9%·12%
  • Sodiumlimit2.7 mg · 77.3 mg<1%·3%
  • Potassium64.4 mg · 24.2 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium8.7 mg · 8.6 mg1%·1%
  • Phosphorus85.2 mg · 39.1 mg7%·3%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 3.9 µg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.15 mg · 0.16 mg1%·1%
  • Vitamin K0.4 µg · 0.23 µg<1%·<1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.1 mg · 0.087 mg9%·7%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.066 mg · 0.048 mg5%·4%
  • Vitamin B60.062 mg · 0.019 mg4%·1%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline4.4 mg · 3.9 mg1%·1%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked whole-wheat pasta (SR Legacy 168910), Vegetable pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708351). 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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