Quinoa, cooked vs Cooked gluten-free corn pasta
In short
Gram for gram, the calories are about the same: 120 in 100 g of quinoa, cooked, 126 of cooked gluten-free corn pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in quinoa, cooked: manganese (4.1×), copper (3×), folate (7×), iron (6×) and 5 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
4.4 g protein · 21.3 g carbs (0.87 g sugars) · 1.9 g fat
2.6 g protein · 27.9 g carbs · 0.73 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.
- Manganese27% vs 7%
0.63 mg vs 0.15 mg
- Copper21% vs 7%
0.19 mg vs 0.064 mg
- Folate11% vs 2%
42 µg vs 6 µg
- Fiber10% vs 17%
2.8 g vs 4.8 g
- Iron8% vs 1%
1.5 mg vs 0.25 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)8% vs 2%
0.11 mg vs 0.023 mg
- Magnesium15% vs 9%
64 mg vs 36 mg
- Phosphorus12% vs 6%
152 mg vs 76 mg
- Thiamin (B1)9% vs 4%
0.11 mg vs 0.053 mg
- Zinc10% vs 6%
1.1 mg vs 0.63 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein4.4 g · 2.6 g9%·5%
- Total fat1.9 g · 0.73 g2%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.23 g · 0.1 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates21.3 g · 27.9 g8%·10%
- Sodiumlimit7 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Potassium172 mg · 31 mg4%·1%
- Calcium17 mg · 1 mg1%·<1%
- Selenium2.8 µg · 2.8 µg5%·5%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 3 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Niacin (B3)0.41 mg · 0.56 mg3%·3%
- Vitamin B60.12 mg · 0.058 mg7%·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.