Pasta, cooked vs Wheat bread

Pasta, cookedWheat bread
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

One serving each: 220 calories in pasta, cooked (1 cup, cooked, 140 g), 79 calories in wheat bread (1 slice, 29 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in pasta, cooked: selenium (4.4×), folate (5.8×), thiamin (3.2×), copper (3.2×) and 7 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

Wheat bread79 cal

1 slice (29 g) · 3.1 g protein · 13.8 g carbs (1.7 g sugars) · 1.3 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%37.5%75%
  • Selenium36.7 µg · 8.4 µg
    67%15%
  • Folate165 µg · 28.7 µg
    41%7%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.38 mg · 0.12 mg
    32%10%
  • Copper0.14 mg · 0.043 mg
    15%5%
  • Carbohydrates43 g · 13.8 g
    16%5%
  • Protein8.1 g · 3.1 g
    16%6%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.19 mg · 0.073 mg
    15%6%
  • Sodiumlimit325 mg · 137 mg
    14%6%
  • Fiber2.5 g · 1.2 g
    9%4%
  • Niacin (B3)2.4 mg · 1.6 mg
    15%10%
  • Iron1.8 mg · 1 mg
    10%6%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Total fat1.3 g · 1.3 g2%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.24 g · 0.2 g1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Potassium61.6 mg · 40.9 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium9.8 mg · 36.3 mg1%·3%
  • Magnesium25.2 mg · 11.9 mg6%·3%
  • Phosphorus81.2 mg · 37.4 mg6%·3%
  • Zinc0.71 mg · 0.3 mg6%·3%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0.058 mg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.084 mg · 0.055 mg1%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 1.4 µg0%·1%
  • Vitamin B60.069 mg · 0.032 mg4%·2%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline9 mg · 5.4 mg2%·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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