Dry gluten-free corn pasta vs Plain couscous, cooked
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 28 g of dry gluten-free corn pasta or 90 g of plain couscous, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in dry gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (2.4×), magnesium (4.6×) and phosphorus (3.6×). More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (11×) and sodium. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
28 g · 2.1 g protein · 22.2 g carbs · 0.58 g fat
90.1 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.8 g carbs (0.09 g sugars) · 0.14 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.
- Selenium4% vs 45%
2.2 µg vs 24.7 µg
- Sodiumlimit<1% vs 7%
0.84 mg vs 170 mg
- Fiber11% vs 5%
3.1 g vs 1.3 g
- Magnesium8% vs 2%
33.3 mg vs 7.2 mg
- Phosphorus6% vs 2%
70.9 mg vs 19.8 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein2.1 g · 3.4 g4%·7%
- Total fat0.58 g · 0.14 g1%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.081 g · 0.026 g<1%·<1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates22.2 g · 20.8 g8%·8%
- Potassium82.4 mg · 52.3 mg2%·1%
- Calcium1.1 mg · 7.2 mg<1%·1%
- Iron0.26 mg · 0.34 mg1%·2%
- Zinc0.5 mg · 0.23 mg5%·2%
- Copper0.057 mg · 0.037 mg6%·4%
- Vitamin A2.5 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.065 mg · 0.057 mg5%·5%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.024 mg · 0.024 mg2%·2%
- Niacin (B3)0.68 mg · 0.88 mg4%·6%
- Vitamin B60.058 mg · 0.046 mg3%·3%
- Folate7 µg · 13.5 µg2%·3%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Dry gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168899), Plain couscous, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708441). 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.