Pasta, cooked vs Whole grain pasta, cooked
In short
Gram for gram, there are 6% more calories in pasta, cooked than in whole grain pasta, cooked (157 vs 148 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in pasta, cooked: folate (5.6×) and thiamin. More in whole grain pasta, cooked: selenium, copper (2.3×), niacin, magnesium (3×) and 3 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
6 g protein · 29.9 g carbs (0.75 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 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.
- Folate118 µg · 21 µg30%5%
- Selenium26.2 µg · 36.1 µg48%66%
- Copper0.099 mg · 0.22 mg11%25%
- Thiamin (B1)0.27 mg · 0.15 mg23%13%
- Niacin (B3)1.7 mg · 3.1 mg10%19%
- Magnesium18 mg · 54 mg4%13%
- Fiber1.8 g · 3.9 g6%14%
- Zinc0.51 mg · 1.3 mg5%12%
- Phosphorus58 mg · 126 mg5%10%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein5.8 g · 6 g12%·12%
- Total fat0.92 g · 1.7 g1%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.17 g · 0.24 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates30.7 g · 29.9 g11%·11%
- Sodiumlimit232 mg · 235 mg10%·10%
- Potassium44 mg · 95 mg1%·2%
- Calcium7 mg · 13 mg1%·1%
- Iron1.3 mg · 1.7 mg7%·10%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.06 mg · 0.23 mg<1%·2%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 0.6 µg0%·1%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.14 mg · 0.098 mg10%·8%
- Vitamin B60.049 mg · 0.092 mg3%·5%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline6.4 mg · 6.5 mg1%·1%
From USDA FoodData Central: Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357), Whole grain pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708358). 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.