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
Each dot 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 gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Manganese59% vs 9%
1.3 mg vs 0.21 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5)43% vs 4%
2.2 mg vs 0.18 mg
- Copper47% vs 10%
0.43 mg vs 0.09 mg
- Protein44% vs 7%
22.1 g vs 3.7 g
- Carbohydrates49% vs 14%
134 g vs 39.1 g
- Niacin (B3)38% vs 5%
6 mg vs 0.78 mg
- Thiamin (B1)23% vs 6%
0.28 mg vs 0.074 mg
- Phosphorus24% vs 9%
294 mg vs 106 mg
- Iron10% vs 2%
1.9 mg vs 0.35 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)10% vs 2%
0.13 mg vs 0.032 mg
- Fiber31% vs 24%
8.7 g vs 6.7 g
- Folate9% vs 2%
34.6 µg vs 8.4 µg
- Vitamin B611% vs 5%
0.19 mg vs 0.081 mg
- Magnesium18% vs 12%
76.1 mg vs 50.4 mg
- Potassium6% vs 1%
287 mg vs 43.4 mg
- Zinc13% vs 8%
1.4 mg vs 0.88 mg
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.