Dry couscous vs Millet flour

In short

One serving each: 650 calories in dry couscous (1 cup, 173 g), 455 calories in millet flour (1 cup, 119 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in dry couscous: protein, carbohydrates, fiber (2.1×), pantothenic acid and manganese. More in millet flour: copper, thiamin, iron (2.5×), magnesium and 4 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

Millet flour455 cal

1 cup (119 g) · 12.8 g protein · 89.4 g carbs (2 g sugars) · 5.1 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%37.5%75%
  • Copper0.43 mg · 0.64 mg
    47%71%
  • Protein22.1 g · 12.8 g
    44%26%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.28 mg · 0.49 mg
    23%41%
  • Carbohydrates134 g · 89.4 g
    49%33%
  • Fiber8.7 g · 4.2 g
    31%15%
  • Iron1.9 mg · 4.7 mg
    10%26%
  • Magnesium76.1 mg · 142 mg
    18%34%
  • Zinc1.4 mg · 3.1 mg
    13%28%
  • Vitamin B60.19 mg · 0.44 mg
    11%26%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)2.2 mg · 1.5 mg
    43%30%
  • Niacin (B3)6 mg · 7.2 mg
    38%45%
  • Manganese1.3 mg · 1.2 mg
    59%52%
  • Total fat1.1 g · 5.1 g
    1%6%

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.

  • Saturated fatlimit0.2 g · 0.64 g1%·3%
  • Sodiumlimit17.3 mg · 4.8 mg1%·<1%
  • Potassium287 mg · 267 mg6%·6%
  • Calcium41.5 mg · 16.7 mg3%·1%
  • Phosphorus294 mg · 339 mg24%·27%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.13 mg · 0.087 mg10%·7%
  • Folate34.6 µg · 50 µg9%·12%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: cholesterol, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin B12.

From USDA FoodData Central: Dry couscous (SR Legacy 169699), Millet flour (SR Legacy 172023). 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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