Pasta, cooked vs Dry enriched pasta

Pasta, cookedDry enriched pasta
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

One serving each: 220 calories in pasta, cooked (1 cup, cooked, 140 g), 338 calories in dry enriched pasta (1 cup spaghetti, 91 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in pasta, cooked: sodium. More in dry enriched pasta: folate (2.2×), selenium, thiamin (2.1×), niacin (2.8×) and 8 more. 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

Dry enriched pasta338 cal

1 cup spaghetti (91 g) · 11.9 g protein · 67.9 g carbs (2.4 g sugars) · 1.4 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%62.5%125%
  • Folate165 µg · 356 µg
    41%89%
  • Selenium36.7 µg · 57.5 µg
    67%105%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.38 mg · 0.81 mg
    32%68%
  • Niacin (B3)2.4 mg · 6.5 mg
    15%41%
  • Sodiumlimit325 mg · 5.5 mg
    14%<1%
  • Copper0.14 mg · 0.26 mg
    15%29%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.19 mg · 0.36 mg
    15%28%
  • Carbohydrates43 g · 67.9 g
    16%25%
  • Protein8.1 g · 11.9 g
    16%24%
  • Phosphorus81.2 mg · 172 mg
    6%14%
  • Iron1.8 mg · 3 mg
    10%17%
  • Magnesium25.2 mg · 48.2 mg
    6%11%
  • Zinc0.71 mg · 1.3 mg
    6%12%

Show as: bars · dots

Where they are alike

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

  • Total fat1.3 g · 1.4 g2%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.24 g · 0.25 g1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Fiber2.5 g · 2.9 g9%·10%
  • Potassium61.6 mg · 203 mg1%·4%
  • Calcium9.8 mg · 19.1 mg1%·1%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.084 mg · 0.1 mg1%·1%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 0.091 µg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin B60.069 mg · 0.13 mg4%·8%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline9 mg · 13.7 mg2%·2%

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

From USDA FoodData Central: Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357), 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.

vs
Compare Pasta, cooked withUnenriched pasta, dryDry gluten-free corn pastaCooked gluten-free corn pastaCooked homemade egg pasta