Dry couscous vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
In short
One serving each: 650 calories in dry couscous (1 cup, 173 g), 176 calories in cooked gluten-free corn pasta (1 cup, 140 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in dry couscous: manganese (6.3×), pantothenic acid (12×), copper (4.8×), protein (6×) and 12 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup (173 g) · 22.1 g protein · 134 g carbs · 1.1 g fat
1 cup (140 g) · 3.7 g protein · 39.1 g carbs · 1 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.
- Manganese1.3 mg · 0.21 mg59%9%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)2.2 mg · 0.18 mg43%4%
- Copper0.43 mg · 0.09 mg47%10%
- Protein22.1 g · 3.7 g44%7%
- Carbohydrates134 g · 39.1 g49%14%
- Niacin (B3)6 mg · 0.78 mg38%5%
- Thiamin (B1)0.28 mg · 0.074 mg23%6%
- Phosphorus294 mg · 106 mg24%9%
- Iron1.9 mg · 0.35 mg10%2%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.13 mg · 0.032 mg10%2%
- Fiber8.7 g · 6.7 g31%24%
- Folate34.6 µg · 8.4 µg9%2%
- Vitamin B60.19 mg · 0.081 mg11%5%
- Magnesium76.1 mg · 50.4 mg18%12%
- Potassium287 mg · 43.4 mg6%1%
- Zinc1.4 mg · 0.88 mg13%8%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat1.1 g · 1 g1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.2 g · 0.14 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit17.3 mg · 0 mg1%·0%
- Calcium41.5 mg · 1.4 mg3%·<1%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 4.2 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: selenium, vitamin D.
From USDA FoodData Central: Dry couscous (SR Legacy 169699), Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900). 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.