Plain couscous, cooked vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta

Plain couscous, cookedCooked gluten-free corn pasta
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 90 g of plain couscous, cooked or 79 g of cooked gluten-free corn pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (11×) and sodium. More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (3×) and magnesium (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

Cooked gluten-free corn pasta100 cal

79.4 g · 2.1 g protein · 22.2 g carbs · 0.58 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 · 2.2 µg
    45%4%
  • Fiber1.3 g · 3.8 g
    5%14%
  • Sodiumlimit170 mg · 0 mg
    7%0%
  • Magnesium7.2 mg · 28.6 mg
    2%7%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.4 g · 2.1 g7%·4%
  • Total fat0.14 g · 0.58 g<1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.026 g · 0.081 g<1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.8 g · 22.2 g8%·8%
  • Potassium52.3 mg · 24.6 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium7.2 mg · 0.79 mg1%·<1%
  • Iron0.34 mg · 0.2 mg2%·1%
  • Phosphorus19.8 mg · 60.3 mg2%·5%
  • Zinc0.23 mg · 0.5 mg2%·5%
  • Copper0.037 mg · 0.051 mg4%·6%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 2.4 µg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.057 mg · 0.042 mg5%·4%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.024 mg · 0.018 mg2%·1%
  • Niacin (B3)0.88 mg · 0.44 mg6%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.046 mg3%·3%
  • Folate13.5 µg · 4.8 µg3%·1%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Plain couscous, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708441), Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900). 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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