Pasta, cooked vs Wheat bread
In short
Gram for gram, there are 75% more calories in wheat bread than in pasta, cooked (274 vs 157 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in pasta, cooked: folate. More in wheat bread: niacin (3.3×), iron (2.8×), thiamin, sodium (2×) and 12 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
5.8 g protein · 30.7 g carbs (0.56 g sugars) · 0.92 g fat
10.7 g protein · 47.5 g carbs (5.7 g sugars) · 4.5 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 g 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.
- Niacin (B3)1.7 mg · 5.6 mg10%35%
- Iron1.3 mg · 3.6 mg7%20%
- Thiamin (B1)0.27 mg · 0.41 mg23%34%
- Sodiumlimit232 mg · 473 mg10%21%
- Protein5.8 g · 10.7 g12%21%
- Calcium7 mg · 125 mg1%10%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.14 mg · 0.25 mg10%19%
- Fiber1.8 g · 4 g6%14%
- Carbohydrates30.7 g · 47.5 g11%17%
- Phosphorus58 mg · 129 mg5%10%
- Magnesium18 mg · 41 mg4%10%
- Copper0.099 mg · 0.15 mg11%16%
- Zinc0.51 mg · 1 mg5%9%
- Folate118 µg · 99 µg30%25%
- Selenium26.2 µg · 28.8 µg48%52%
- Total fat0.92 g · 4.5 g1%6%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 4.9 µg0%4%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Saturated fatlimit0.17 g · 0.7 g1%·3%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Potassium44 mg · 141 mg1%·3%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0.2 mg0%·<1%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.06 mg · 0.19 mg<1%·1%
- Vitamin B60.049 mg · 0.11 mg3%·7%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline6.4 mg · 18.7 mg1%·3%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357), Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686). 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.