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

Dry couscous650 cal

1 cup (173 g) · 22.1 g protein · 134 g carbs · 1.1 g fat

Cooked gluten-free corn pasta176 cal

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.

0%37.5%75%
  • 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

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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.

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