Potato bread vs Whole grain pasta, cooked

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 38 g of potato bread or 68 g of whole grain pasta, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in potato bread: folate (3.9×), calcium (8×), potassium (4.2×) and phosphorus. More in whole grain pasta, cooked: selenium (6.8×), copper (4.3×), niacin (4.5×) and magnesium (3.5×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Potato bread100 cal

37.6 g · 4.7 g protein · 17.7 g carbs (3.5 g sugars) · 1.2 g fat

Whole grain pasta, cooked100 cal

67.6 g · 4 g protein · 20.2 g carbs (0.51 g sugars) · 1.1 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

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%
  • Selenium3.6 µg · 24.4 µg
    6%44%
  • Copper0.035 mg · 0.15 mg
    4%17%
  • Folate56 µg · 14.2 µg
    14%4%
  • Niacin (B3)0.47 mg · 2.1 mg
    3%13%
  • Magnesium10.5 mg · 36.5 mg
    3%9%
  • Calcium70.7 mg · 8.8 mg
    5%1%
  • Potassium270 mg · 64.2 mg
    6%1%
  • Phosphorus139 mg · 85.1 mg
    11%7%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein4.7 g · 4 g9%·8%
  • Total fat1.2 g · 1.1 g2%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0 g · 0.16 g0%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates17.7 g · 20.2 g6%·7%
  • Fiber2.4 g · 2.6 g8%·9%
  • Sodiumlimit141 mg · 159 mg6%·7%
  • Iron0.85 mg · 1.2 mg5%·6%
  • Zinc0.54 mg · 0.9 mg5%·8%
  • Vitamin A9 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0.038 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.18 mg · 0.16 mg1%·1%
  • Vitamin K2.6 µg · 0.41 µg2%·<1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.071 mg · 0.1 mg6%·9%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.04 mg · 0.066 mg3%·5%
  • Vitamin B60.087 mg · 0.062 mg5%·4%
  • Vitamin B120.056 µg · 0 µg2%·0%
  • Choline6.9 mg · 4.4 mg1%·1%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).

From USDA FoodData Central: Potato bread (SR Legacy 167943), Whole grain pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708358). 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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