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
Each dot 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 gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Niacin (B3)10% vs 35%
1.7 mg vs 5.6 mg
- Iron7% vs 20%
1.3 mg vs 3.6 mg
- Thiamin (B1)23% vs 34%
0.27 mg vs 0.41 mg
- Sodiumlimit10% vs 21%
232 mg vs 473 mg
- Protein12% vs 21%
5.8 g vs 10.7 g
- Calcium1% vs 10%
7 mg vs 125 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)10% vs 19%
0.14 mg vs 0.25 mg
- Fiber6% vs 14%
1.8 g vs 4 g
- Carbohydrates11% vs 17%
30.7 g vs 47.5 g
- Phosphorus5% vs 10%
58 mg vs 129 mg
- Magnesium4% vs 10%
18 mg vs 41 mg
- Copper11% vs 16%
0.099 mg vs 0.15 mg
- Zinc5% vs 9%
0.51 mg vs 1 mg
- Folate30% vs 25%
118 µg vs 99 µg
- Selenium48% vs 52%
26.2 µg vs 28.8 µg
- Total fat1% vs 6%
0.92 g vs 4.5 g
- Vitamin K0% vs 4%
0 µg vs 4.9 µg
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.