Dry enriched pasta vs Cooked fresh plain pasta
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of dry enriched pasta or 76 g of cooked fresh plain pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in dry enriched pasta: niacin (2.6×), thiamin and folate. More in cooked fresh plain pasta: cholesterol and vitamin B12. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
27 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.41 g fat
76.3 g · 3.9 g protein · 19 g carbs · 0.8 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 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Cholesterollimit0% vs 8%
0 mg vs 25.2 mg
- Niacin (B3)12% vs 5%
1.9 mg vs 0.76 mg
- Thiamin (B1)20% vs 13%
0.24 mg vs 0.16 mg
- Folate26% vs 20%
105 µg vs 79.4 µg
- Vitamin B120% vs 4%
0 µg vs 0.11 µg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein3.5 g · 3.9 g7%·8%
- Total fat0.41 g · 0.8 g1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.075 g · 0.11 g<1%·1%
- Carbohydrates20.1 g · 19 g7%·7%
- Sodiumlimit1.6 mg · 4.6 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium60.1 mg · 18.3 mg1%·<1%
- Calcium5.7 mg · 4.6 mg<1%·<1%
- Iron0.89 mg · 0.87 mg5%·5%
- Magnesium14.3 mg · 13.7 mg3%·3%
- Phosphorus50.9 mg · 48.1 mg4%·4%
- Zinc0.38 mg · 0.43 mg3%·4%
- Copper0.078 mg · 0.071 mg9%·8%
- Manganese0.25 mg · 0.17 mg11%·7%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 4.6 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.11 mg · 0.11 mg8%·9%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.12 mg · 0.14 mg2%·3%
- Vitamin B60.038 mg · 0.026 mg2%·2%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, selenium, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Dry enriched pasta (SR Legacy 169736), Cooked fresh plain pasta (SR Legacy 169728). 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.