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
90.1 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.8 g carbs (0.09 g sugars) · 0.14 g fat
28 g · 2.4 g protein · 21.7 g carbs · 0.69 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 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium45% vs 7%
24.7 µg vs 3.7 µg
- Fiber5% vs 13%
1.3 g vs 3.6 g
- Copper4% vs 12%
0.037 mg vs 0.11 mg
- Sodiumlimit7% vs <1%
170 mg vs 5.7 mg
- Niacin (B3)6% vs 10%
0.88 mg vs 1.7 mg
- Magnesium2% vs 6%
7.2 mg vs 24.6 mg
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.