Pasta, cooked vs Quinoa flour

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 64 g of pasta, cooked or 26 g of quinoa flour. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in pasta, cooked: selenium (15×), thiamin, sodium and niacin (3.3×). More in quinoa flour: magnesium (3.8×), copper (2×) and phosphorus (2.6×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Pasta, cooked100 cal

63.7 g · 3.7 g protein · 19.5 g carbs (0.36 g sugars) · 0.59 g fat

Quinoa flour100 cal

26.4 g · 3.2 g protein · 18.4 g carbs · 1.7 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

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

0%25%50%
  • Selenium16.7 µg · 1.1 µg
    30%2%
  • Magnesium11.5 mg · 43.3 mg
    3%10%
  • Copper0.063 mg · 0.13 mg
    7%14%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.17 mg · 0.091 mg
    14%8%
  • Sodiumlimit148 mg · 1.7 mg
    6%<1%
  • Phosphorus36.9 mg · 97.6 mg
    3%8%
  • Niacin (B3)1.1 mg · 0.32 mg
    7%2%

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein3.7 g · 3.2 g7%·6%
  • Total fat0.59 g · 1.7 g1%·2%
  • Carbohydrates19.5 g · 18.4 g7%·7%
  • Fiber1.1 g · 1.7 g4%·6%
  • Potassium28 mg · 146 mg1%·3%
  • Calcium4.5 mg · 9.9 mg<1%·1%
  • Iron0.81 mg · 1.2 mg4%·7%
  • Zinc0.32 mg · 0.73 mg3%·7%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.086 mg · 0.084 mg7%·6%
  • Vitamin B60.031 mg · 0.059 mg2%·3%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: saturated fat, cholesterol, manganese, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, biotin (B7), folate, vitamin B12, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357), Quinoa flour (Foundation 2512372). 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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