Plain couscous, cooked vs Quinoa flour

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 90 g of plain couscous, cooked or 26 g of quinoa flour. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium and sodium. More in quinoa flour: copper (3.4×), magnesium (6×), phosphorus (4.9×), iron (3.5×) and 2 more. 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

Quinoa flour100 cal

26.4 g · 3.2 g protein · 18.4 g carbs · 1.7 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.

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  • Selenium45% vs 2%

    24.7 µg vs 1.1 µg

  • Copper4% vs 14%

    0.037 mg vs 0.13 mg

  • Magnesium2% vs 10%

    7.2 mg vs 43.3 mg

  • Sodiumlimit7% vs <1%

    170 mg vs 1.7 mg

  • Phosphorus2% vs 8%

    19.8 mg vs 97.6 mg

  • Iron2% vs 7%

    0.34 mg vs 1.2 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)2% vs 6%

    0.024 mg vs 0.084 mg

  • Zinc2% vs 7%

    0.23 mg vs 0.73 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.4 g · 3.2 g7%·6%
  • Total fat0.14 g · 1.7 g<1%·2%
  • Carbohydrates20.8 g · 18.4 g8%·7%
  • Fiber1.3 g · 1.7 g5%·6%
  • Potassium52.3 mg · 146 mg1%·3%
  • Calcium7.2 mg · 9.9 mg1%·1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.057 mg · 0.091 mg5%·8%
  • Niacin (B3)0.88 mg · 0.32 mg6%·2%
  • Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.059 mg3%·3%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: saturated fat, cholesterol, manganese, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, biotin (B7), folate, vitamin B12, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Plain couscous, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708441), Quinoa flour (Foundation 2512372). 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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