Plain couscous, cooked vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
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
90.1 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.8 g carbs (0.09 g sugars) · 0.14 g fat
79.4 g · 2.1 g protein · 22.2 g carbs · 0.58 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 4%
24.7 µg vs 2.2 µg
- Fiber5% vs 14%
1.3 g vs 3.8 g
- Sodiumlimit7% vs 0%
170 mg vs 0 mg
- Magnesium2% vs 7%
7.2 mg vs 28.6 mg
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.