Cooked whole-wheat pasta vs Vegetable pasta, cooked
In short
Gram for gram, there are 16% more calories in cooked whole-wheat pasta than in vegetable pasta, cooked (149 vs 128 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked whole-wheat pasta: selenium, copper (2.4×), niacin (2.9×), magnesium (2.8×) and 4 more. More in vegetable pasta, cooked: folate (5×) and sodium. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
6 g protein · 30.1 g carbs (0.75 g sugars) · 1.7 g fat
4.5 g protein · 26.6 g carbs (1.1 g sugars) · 0.11 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 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium66% vs 36%
36.3 µg vs 19.8 µg
- Folate5% vs 27%
21 µg vs 106 µg
- Copper25% vs 10%
0.23 mg vs 0.092 mg
- Niacin (B3)20% vs 7%
3.1 mg vs 1.1 mg
- Magnesium13% vs 5%
54 mg vs 19 mg
- Zinc12% vs 4%
1.3 mg vs 0.44 mg
- Iron10% vs 3%
1.7 mg vs 0.49 mg
- Phosphorus10% vs 4%
127 mg vs 50 mg
- Sodiumlimit<1% vs 4%
4 mg vs 99 mg
- Vitamin B65% vs 1%
0.093 mg vs 0.024 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein6 g · 4.5 g12%·9%
- Total fat1.7 g · 0.11 g2%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.24 g · 0.016 g1%·<1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates30.1 g · 26.6 g11%·10%
- Fiber3.9 g · 4.3 g14%·15%
- Potassium96 mg · 31 mg2%·1%
- Calcium13 mg · 11 mg1%·1%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 5 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.23 mg · 0.21 mg2%·1%
- Vitamin K0.6 µg · 0.3 µg1%·<1%
- Thiamin (B1)0.16 mg · 0.11 mg13%·9%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.099 mg · 0.061 mg8%·5%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline6.5 mg · 5 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.