Plain couscous, cooked vs Dry gluten-free corn pasta
In short
One serving each: 178 calories in plain couscous, cooked (1 cup, cooked, 160 g), 375 calories in dry gluten-free corn pasta (1 cup, 105 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (5.3×) and sodium. More in dry gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (5.2×), magnesium (9.8×), phosphorus (7.5×), carbohydrates (2.3×) and 6 more. 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 (105 g) · 7.8 g protein · 83.2 g carbs · 2.2 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 15%
43.8 µg vs 8.3 µg
- Fiber8% vs 41%
2.2 g vs 11.6 g
- Magnesium3% vs 30%
12.8 mg vs 125 mg
- Phosphorus3% vs 21%
35.2 mg vs 266 mg
- Carbohydrates13% vs 30%
37 g vs 83.2 g
- Copper7% vs 24%
0.066 mg vs 0.21 mg
- Zinc4% vs 17%
0.42 mg vs 1.9 mg
- Sodiumlimit13% vs <1%
302 mg vs 3.1 mg
- Thiamin (B1)8% vs 20%
0.1 mg vs 0.24 mg
- Vitamin B65% vs 13%
0.082 mg vs 0.22 mg
- Niacin (B3)10% vs 16%
1.6 mg vs 2.6 mg
- Potassium2% vs 7%
92.8 mg vs 309 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Protein6 g · 7.8 g12%·16%
- Total fat0.26 g · 2.2 g<1%·3%
- Saturated fatlimit0.046 g · 0.3 g<1%·2%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Calcium12.8 mg · 4.2 mg1%·<1%
- Iron0.61 mg · 0.98 mg3%·5%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 9.4 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.043 mg · 0.091 mg3%·7%
- Folate24 µg · 26.3 µg6%·7%
- 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), Dry gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168899). 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.