Plain couscous, cooked vs Barley flour

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 90 g of plain couscous, cooked or 28 g of barley flour. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (6.7×) and sodium. More in barley flour: fiber (2.8×), copper (3×), niacin and magnesium (3.4×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Plain couscous, cooked100 cal

90.1 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.8 g carbs (0.09 g sugars) · 0.14 g fat

Barley flour100 cal

28 g · 2.4 g protein · 21.7 g carbs · 0.69 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%
  • Selenium24.7 µg · 3.7 µg
    45%7%
  • Fiber1.3 g · 3.6 g
    5%13%
  • Copper0.037 mg · 0.11 mg
    4%12%
  • Sodiumlimit170 mg · 5.7 mg
    7%<1%
  • Niacin (B3)0.88 mg · 1.7 mg
    6%10%
  • Magnesium7.2 mg · 24.6 mg
    2%6%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.4 g · 2.4 g7%·5%
  • Total fat0.14 g · 0.69 g<1%·1%
  • Carbohydrates20.8 g · 21.7 g8%·8%
  • Potassium52.3 mg · 103 mg1%·2%
  • Calcium7.2 mg · 10 mg1%·1%
  • Iron0.34 mg · 0.92 mg2%·5%
  • Phosphorus19.8 mg · 65.6 mg2%·5%
  • Zinc0.23 mg · 0.6 mg2%·5%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.057 mg · 0.063 mg5%·5%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.024 mg · 0.041 mg2%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.056 mg3%·3%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: saturated fat, cholesterol, manganese, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, biotin (B7), folate, vitamin B12, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Plain couscous, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708441), Barley flour (Foundation 2512376). 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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