Dry couscous vs Cooked homemade egg pasta

In short

Gram for gram, there are 2.9 times as many calories in dry couscous as in cooked homemade egg pasta (376 vs 130 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in dry couscous: manganese (4.3×), copper (4.4×), pantothenic acid (5.4×), carbohydrates (3.3×) and 5 more. More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol, folate (3×), riboflavin (2.2×) and vitamin B12. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Dry couscous376 cal

12.8 g protein · 77.4 g carbs · 0.64 g fat

Cooked homemade egg pasta130 cal

5.3 g protein · 23.5 g carbs · 1.7 g fat

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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.

0%25%50%
  • Manganese34% vs 8%

    0.78 mg vs 0.18 mg

  • Copper27% vs 6%

    0.25 mg vs 0.056 mg

  • Pantothenic acid (B5)25% vs 5%

    1.2 mg vs 0.23 mg

  • Carbohydrates28% vs 9%

    77.4 g vs 23.5 g

  • Protein26% vs 11%

    12.8 g vs 5.3 g

  • Niacin (B3)22% vs 8%

    3.5 mg vs 1.3 mg

  • Cholesterollimit0% vs 14%

    0 mg vs 41 mg

  • Folate5% vs 15%

    20 µg vs 60 µg

  • Phosphorus14% vs 4%

    170 mg vs 52 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)6% vs 13%

    0.078 mg vs 0.17 mg

  • Magnesium10% vs 3%

    44 mg vs 14 mg

  • Vitamin B66% vs 2%

    0.11 mg vs 0.037 mg

  • Vitamin B120% vs 4%

    0 µg vs 0.1 µg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.

  • Total fat0.64 g · 1.7 g1%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.12 g · 0.41 g1%·2%
  • Sodiumlimit10 mg · 83 mg<1%·4%
  • Potassium166 mg · 21 mg4%·<1%
  • Calcium24 mg · 10 mg2%·1%
  • Iron1.1 mg · 1.2 mg6%·6%
  • Zinc0.83 mg · 0.44 mg8%·4%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 17 µg0%·2%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.16 mg · 0.17 mg14%·14%

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.

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