Plain couscous, cooked vs Rye flour

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 90 g of plain couscous, cooked or 28 g of rye flour. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in plain couscous, cooked: selenium (5.2×) and sodium. More in rye flour: fiber (3.1×), copper (2.6×), phosphorus (4×) and magnesium (3.8×). 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

Rye flour100 cal

28.5 g · 2.4 g protein · 22 g carbs · 0.54 g fat

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Where they differ

Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%25%50%
  • Selenium24.7 µg · 4.7 µg
    45%9%
  • Fiber1.3 g · 3.9 g
    5%14%
  • Sodiumlimit170 mg · 0 mg
    7%0%
  • Copper0.037 mg · 0.096 mg
    4%11%
  • Phosphorus19.8 mg · 79.9 mg
    2%6%
  • Magnesium7.2 mg · 27.2 mg
    2%6%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.4 g · 2.4 g7%·5%
  • Total fat0.14 g · 0.54 g<1%·1%
  • Carbohydrates20.8 g · 22 g8%·8%
  • Potassium52.3 mg · 124 mg1%·3%
  • Calcium7.2 mg · 9.2 mg1%·1%
  • Iron0.34 mg · 0.72 mg2%·4%
  • Zinc0.23 mg · 0.66 mg2%·6%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.057 mg · 0.062 mg5%·5%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.024 mg · 0.048 mg2%·4%
  • Niacin (B3)0.88 mg · 0.33 mg6%·2%
  • Vitamin B60.046 mg · 0.047 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), Rye flour (Foundation 2512375). 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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