Plain couscous, cooked vs Dry gluten-free corn pasta
In short
Gram for gram, there are 3.2 times as many calories in dry gluten-free corn pasta as in plain couscous, cooked (357 vs 111 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (3.5×) and sodium. More in dry gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (7.9×), magnesium (15×), carbohydrates (3.4×), phosphorus (12×) and 8 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
3.8 g protein · 23.1 g carbs (0.1 g sugars) · 0.16 g fat
7.5 g protein · 79.3 g carbs · 2.1 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium50% vs 14%
27.4 µg vs 7.9 µg
- Fiber5% vs 39%
1.4 g vs 11 g
- Magnesium2% vs 28%
8 mg vs 119 mg
- Carbohydrates8% vs 29%
23.1 g vs 79.3 g
- Phosphorus2% vs 20%
22 mg vs 253 mg
- Copper5% vs 22%
0.041 mg vs 0.2 mg
- Thiamin (B1)5% vs 19%
0.063 mg vs 0.23 mg
- Zinc2% vs 16%
0.26 mg vs 1.8 mg
- Vitamin B63% vs 12%
0.051 mg vs 0.21 mg
- Niacin (B3)6% vs 15%
0.98 mg vs 2.4 mg
- Sodiumlimit8% vs <1%
189 mg vs 3 mg
- Protein8% vs 15%
3.8 g vs 7.5 g
- Potassium1% vs 6%
58 mg vs 294 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)2% vs 7%
0.027 mg vs 0.087 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Total fat0.16 g · 2.1 g<1%·3%
- Saturated fatlimit0.029 g · 0.29 g<1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Calcium8 mg · 4 mg1%·<1%
- Iron0.38 mg · 0.93 mg2%·5%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 9 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Folate15 µg · 25 µg4%·6%
- 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.