Pasta, cooked vs Wheat bread

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 64 g of pasta, cooked or 36 g of wheat bread. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in pasta, cooked: selenium and folate (2.1×). More in wheat bread: niacin. 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

Wheat bread100 cal

36.5 g · 3.9 g protein · 17.4 g carbs (2.1 g sugars) · 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 · 10.5 µg
    30%19%
  • Folate75.2 µg · 36.1 µg
    19%9%
  • Niacin (B3)1.1 mg · 2 mg
    7%13%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.7 g · 3.9 g7%·8%
  • Total fat0.59 g · 1.7 g1%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.11 g · 0.25 g1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates19.5 g · 17.4 g7%·6%
  • Fiber1.1 g · 1.5 g4%·5%
  • Sodiumlimit148 mg · 173 mg6%·8%
  • Potassium28 mg · 51.5 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium4.5 mg · 45.6 mg<1%·4%
  • Iron0.81 mg · 1.3 mg4%·7%
  • Magnesium11.5 mg · 15 mg3%·4%
  • Phosphorus36.9 mg · 47.1 mg3%·4%
  • Zinc0.32 mg · 0.38 mg3%·3%
  • Copper0.063 mg · 0.054 mg7%·6%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0.073 mg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.038 mg · 0.069 mg<1%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 1.8 µg0%·1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.17 mg · 0.15 mg14%·13%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.086 mg · 0.092 mg7%·7%
  • Vitamin B60.031 mg · 0.041 mg2%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline4.1 mg · 6.8 mg1%·1%

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.

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