Pasta, cooked vs Unenriched pasta, dry

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 64 g of pasta, cooked or 27 g of unenriched pasta, dry. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in pasta, cooked: folate (15×), thiamin (7.1×), sodium and riboflavin (5.3×). 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

Unenriched pasta, dry100 cal

27 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.41 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.

0%12.5%25%
  • Folate19% vs 1%

    75.2 µg vs 4.9 µg

  • Thiamin (B1)14% vs 2%

    0.17 mg vs 0.024 mg

  • Sodiumlimit6% vs <1%

    148 mg vs 1.6 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)7% vs 1%

    0.086 mg vs 0.016 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.7 g · 3.5 g7%·7%
  • Total fat0.59 g · 0.41 g1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.11 g · 0.075 g1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates19.5 g · 20.1 g7%·7%
  • Fiber1.1 g · 0.86 g4%·3%
  • Potassium28 mg · 60.1 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium4.5 mg · 5.7 mg<1%·<1%
  • Iron0.81 mg · 0.35 mg4%·2%
  • Magnesium11.5 mg · 14.3 mg3%·3%
  • Phosphorus36.9 mg · 50.9 mg3%·4%
  • Zinc0.32 mg · 0.38 mg3%·3%
  • Copper0.063 mg · 0.078 mg7%·9%
  • Selenium16.7 µg · 17 µg30%·31%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.038 mg · 0.03 mg<1%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 0.027 µg0%·<1%
  • Niacin (B3)1.1 mg · 0.46 mg7%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.031 mg · 0.038 mg2%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

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

From USDA FoodData Central: Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357), Unenriched pasta, dry (SR Legacy 168927). 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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