Quinoa, cooked vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 83 g of quinoa, cooked or 79 g of cooked gluten-free corn pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in quinoa, cooked: manganese (4.3×), copper (3.1×), folate (7.3×), magnesium and 3 more. More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Quinoa, cooked100 cal

83.3 g · 3.7 g protein · 17.8 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 1.6 g fat

Cooked gluten-free corn pasta100 cal

79.4 g · 2.1 g protein · 22.2 g carbs · 0.58 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.

0%12.5%25%
  • Manganese23% vs 5%

    0.53 mg vs 0.12 mg

  • Copper18% vs 6%

    0.16 mg vs 0.051 mg

  • Folate9% vs 1%

    35 µg vs 4.8 µg

  • Magnesium13% vs 7%

    53.3 mg vs 28.6 mg

  • Iron7% vs 1%

    1.2 mg vs 0.2 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)7% vs 1%

    0.092 mg vs 0.018 mg

  • Phosphorus10% vs 5%

    127 mg vs 60.3 mg

  • Fiber8% vs 14%

    2.3 g vs 3.8 g

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.7 g · 2.1 g7%·4%
  • Total fat1.6 g · 0.58 g2%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.19 g · 0.081 g1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates17.8 g · 22.2 g6%·8%
  • Sodiumlimit5.8 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
  • Potassium143 mg · 24.6 mg3%·1%
  • Calcium14.2 mg · 0.79 mg1%·<1%
  • Zinc0.91 mg · 0.5 mg8%·5%
  • Selenium2.3 µg · 2.2 µg4%·4%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 2.4 µg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.089 mg · 0.042 mg7%·4%
  • Niacin (B3)0.34 mg · 0.44 mg2%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.1 mg · 0.046 mg6%·3%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Quinoa, cooked (SR Legacy 168917), Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900). 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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