Plain couscous, cooked vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
In short
One serving each: 178 calories in plain couscous, cooked (1 cup, cooked, 160 g), 176 calories in cooked gluten-free corn pasta (1 cup, 140 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (11×), sodium, niacin (2×) and protein. More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (3×), magnesium (3.9×), phosphorus (3×) and zinc (2.1×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup, cooked (160 g) · 6 g protein · 37 g carbs (0.16 g sugars) · 0.26 g fat
1 cup (140 g) · 3.7 g protein · 39.1 g carbs · 1 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium80% vs 7%
43.8 µg vs 3.9 µg
- Fiber8% vs 24%
2.2 g vs 6.7 g
- Sodiumlimit13% vs 0%
302 mg vs 0 mg
- Magnesium3% vs 12%
12.8 mg vs 50.4 mg
- Phosphorus3% vs 9%
35.2 mg vs 106 mg
- Niacin (B3)10% vs 5%
1.6 mg vs 0.78 mg
- Protein12% vs 7%
6 g vs 3.7 g
- Zinc4% vs 8%
0.42 mg vs 0.88 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat0.26 g · 1 g<1%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.046 g · 0.14 g<1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates37 g · 39.1 g13%·14%
- Potassium92.8 mg · 43.4 mg2%·1%
- Calcium12.8 mg · 1.4 mg1%·<1%
- Iron0.61 mg · 0.35 mg3%·2%
- Copper0.066 mg · 0.09 mg7%·10%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 4.2 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.1 mg · 0.074 mg8%·6%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.043 mg · 0.032 mg3%·2%
- Vitamin B60.082 mg · 0.081 mg5%·5%
- Folate24 µg · 8.4 µg6%·2%
- 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.