Pasta, cooked vs Cooked wild rice

In short

One serving each: 220 calories in pasta, cooked (1 cup, cooked, 140 g), 166 calories in cooked wild rice (1 cup, 164 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in pasta, cooked: selenium, folate (3.9×), thiamin (4.5×), sodium and iron. More in cooked wild rice: zinc (3.1×), vitamin B6 (3.2×), copper, magnesium (2.1×) and phosphorus. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Pasta, cooked220 cal

1 cup, cooked (140 g) · 8.1 g protein · 43 g carbs (0.78 g sugars) · 1.3 g fat

Cooked wild rice166 cal

1 cup (164 g) · 6.5 g protein · 35 g carbs (1.2 g sugars) · 0.56 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Each dot 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 gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%37.5%75%
  • Selenium67% vs 2%

    36.7 µg vs 1.3 µg

  • Folate41% vs 11%

    165 µg vs 42.6 µg

  • Thiamin (B1)32% vs 7%

    0.38 mg vs 0.085 mg

  • Sodiumlimit14% vs <1%

    325 mg vs 4.9 mg

  • Zinc6% vs 20%

    0.71 mg vs 2.2 mg

  • Vitamin B64% vs 13%

    0.069 mg vs 0.22 mg

  • Copper15% vs 22%

    0.14 mg vs 0.2 mg

  • Magnesium6% vs 12%

    25.2 mg vs 52.5 mg

  • Iron10% vs 5%

    1.8 mg vs 0.98 mg

  • Phosphorus6% vs 11%

    81.2 mg vs 134 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein8.1 g · 6.5 g16%·13%
  • Total fat1.3 g · 0.56 g2%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.24 g · 0.08 g1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates43 g · 35 g16%·13%
  • Fiber2.5 g · 3 g9%·11%
  • Potassium61.6 mg · 166 mg1%·4%
  • Calcium9.8 mg · 4.9 mg1%·<1%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.084 mg · 0.39 mg1%·3%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 0.82 µg0%·1%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.19 mg · 0.14 mg15%·11%
  • Niacin (B3)2.4 mg · 2.1 mg15%·13%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline9 mg · 16.7 mg2%·3%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).

From USDA FoodData Central: Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357), Cooked wild rice (SR Legacy 168897). 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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