Dry couscous vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
In short
Gram for gram, there are 3 times as many calories in dry couscous as in cooked gluten-free corn pasta (376 vs 126 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in dry couscous: manganese (5.1×), pantothenic acid (9.7×), copper (3.9×), protein (4.9×) and 6 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
12.8 g protein · 77.4 g carbs · 0.64 g fat
2.6 g protein · 27.9 g carbs · 0.73 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.
- Manganese34% vs 7%
0.78 mg vs 0.15 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5)25% vs 3%
1.2 mg vs 0.13 mg
- Copper27% vs 7%
0.25 mg vs 0.064 mg
- Protein26% vs 5%
12.8 g vs 2.6 g
- Niacin (B3)22% vs 3%
3.5 mg vs 0.56 mg
- Carbohydrates28% vs 10%
77.4 g vs 27.9 g
- Thiamin (B1)14% vs 4%
0.16 mg vs 0.053 mg
- Phosphorus14% vs 6%
170 mg vs 76 mg
- Iron6% vs 1%
1.1 mg vs 0.25 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)6% vs 2%
0.078 mg vs 0.023 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Total fat0.64 g · 0.73 g1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.12 g · 0.1 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber5 g · 4.8 g18%·17%
- Sodiumlimit10 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Potassium166 mg · 31 mg4%·1%
- Calcium24 mg · 1 mg2%·<1%
- Magnesium44 mg · 36 mg10%·9%
- Zinc0.83 mg · 0.63 mg8%·6%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 3 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.058 mg6%·3%
- Folate20 µg · 6 µg5%·2%
- 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.