Dry couscous vs Dry enriched pasta
In short
Gram for gram, the calories are about the same: 376 in 100 g of dry couscous, 371 of dry enriched pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in dry couscous: pantothenic acid (2.9×) and fiber. More in dry enriched pasta: folate (20×), thiamin (5.5×), riboflavin (5.1×), niacin (2.1×) and 4 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
13 g protein · 74.7 g carbs (2.7 g sugars) · 1.5 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.
- Folate5% vs 98%
20 µg vs 391 µg
- Thiamin (B1)14% vs 74%
0.16 mg vs 0.89 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)6% vs 31%
0.078 mg vs 0.4 mg
- Niacin (B3)22% vs 45%
3.5 mg vs 7.2 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5)25% vs 9%
1.2 mg vs 0.43 mg
- Iron6% vs 18%
1.1 mg vs 3.3 mg
- Fiber18% vs 11%
5 g vs 3.2 g
- Manganese34% vs 40%
0.78 mg vs 0.92 mg
- Zinc8% vs 13%
0.83 mg vs 1.4 mg
- Copper27% vs 32%
0.25 mg vs 0.29 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein12.8 g · 13 g26%·26%
- Total fat0.64 g · 1.5 g1%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.12 g · 0.28 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates77.4 g · 74.7 g28%·27%
- Sodiumlimit10 mg · 6 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium166 mg · 223 mg4%·5%
- Calcium24 mg · 21 mg2%·2%
- Magnesium44 mg · 53 mg10%·13%
- Phosphorus170 mg · 189 mg14%·15%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.14 mg6%·8%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: selenium, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Dry couscous (SR Legacy 169699), Dry enriched pasta (SR Legacy 169736). 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.