Cooked wild rice vs Pasta, cooked

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 99 g of cooked wild rice or 64 g of pasta, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in cooked wild rice: zinc (4.1×), copper, vitamin B6 (4.3×) and magnesium (2.8×). More in pasta, cooked: selenium, folate (2.9×), thiamin (3.4×) and sodium. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Cooked wild rice100 cal

99 g · 4 g protein · 21.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.34 g fat

Pasta, cooked100 cal

63.7 g · 3.7 g protein · 19.5 g carbs (0.36 g sugars) · 0.59 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%
  • Selenium0.79 µg · 16.7 µg
    1%30%
  • Folate25.7 µg · 75.2 µg
    6%19%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.051 mg · 0.17 mg
    4%14%
  • Zinc1.3 mg · 0.32 mg
    12%3%
  • Copper0.12 mg · 0.063 mg
    13%7%
  • Sodiumlimit3 mg · 148 mg
    <1%6%
  • Vitamin B60.13 mg · 0.031 mg
    8%2%
  • Magnesium31.7 mg · 11.5 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 · 3.7 g8%·7%
  • Total fat0.34 g · 0.59 g<1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.049 g · 0.11 g<1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates21.1 g · 19.5 g8%·7%
  • Fiber1.8 g · 1.1 g6%·4%
  • Potassium100 mg · 28 mg2%·1%
  • Calcium3 mg · 4.5 mg<1%·<1%
  • Iron0.59 mg · 0.81 mg3%·4%
  • Phosphorus81.2 mg · 36.9 mg6%·3%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.24 mg · 0.038 mg2%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0.5 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.086 mg · 0.086 mg7%·7%
  • Niacin (B3)1.3 mg · 1.1 mg8%·7%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline10.1 mg · 4.1 mg2%·1%

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

From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked wild rice (SR Legacy 168897), Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357). 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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