Dry couscous vs Cooked homemade egg pasta
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of dry couscous or 77 g of cooked homemade egg pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol, folate (8.7×), riboflavin (6.5×) and thiamin (3.1×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
26.6 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.6 g carbs · 0.17 g fat
76.9 g · 4.1 g protein · 18.1 g carbs · 1.3 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.
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 31.5 mg0%11%
- Folate5.3 µg · 46.2 µg1%12%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.021 mg · 0.13 mg2%10%
- Thiamin (B1)0.043 mg · 0.13 mg4%11%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein3.4 g · 4.1 g7%·8%
- Total fat0.17 g · 1.3 g<1%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.031 g · 0.31 g<1%·2%
- Carbohydrates20.6 g · 18.1 g7%·7%
- Sodiumlimit2.7 mg · 63.8 mg<1%·3%
- Potassium44.1 mg · 16.2 mg1%·<1%
- Calcium6.4 mg · 7.7 mg<1%·1%
- Iron0.29 mg · 0.89 mg2%·5%
- Magnesium11.7 mg · 10.8 mg3%·3%
- Phosphorus45.2 mg · 40 mg4%·3%
- Zinc0.22 mg · 0.34 mg2%·3%
- Copper0.066 mg · 0.043 mg7%·5%
- Manganese0.21 mg · 0.14 mg9%·6%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 13.1 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Niacin (B3)0.93 mg · 0.97 mg6%·6%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.33 mg · 0.18 mg7%·4%
- Vitamin B60.029 mg · 0.028 mg2%·2%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0.077 µg0%·3%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, vitamin D.
From USDA FoodData Central: Dry couscous (SR Legacy 169699), Cooked homemade egg pasta (SR Legacy 168901). 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.