Quinoa, cooked vs Dry gluten-free corn pasta
In short
Gram for gram, there are 3 times as many calories in dry gluten-free corn pasta as in quinoa, cooked (357 vs 120 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in quinoa, cooked: manganese and folate. More in dry gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (3.9×), carbohydrates (3.7×), magnesium, niacin (5.9×) and 6 more. 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
7.5 g protein · 79.3 g carbs · 2.1 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.
- Fiber10% vs 39%
2.8 g vs 11 g
- Carbohydrates8% vs 29%
21.3 g vs 79.3 g
- Magnesium15% vs 28%
64 mg vs 119 mg
- Niacin (B3)3% vs 15%
0.41 mg vs 2.4 mg
- Thiamin (B1)9% vs 19%
0.11 mg vs 0.23 mg
- Selenium5% vs 14%
2.8 µg vs 7.9 µg
- Phosphorus12% vs 20%
152 mg vs 253 mg
- Manganese27% vs 21%
0.63 mg vs 0.48 mg
- Zinc10% vs 16%
1.1 mg vs 1.8 mg
- Protein9% vs 15%
4.4 g vs 7.5 g
- Vitamin B67% vs 12%
0.12 mg vs 0.21 mg
- Folate11% vs 6%
42 µg vs 25 µg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Total fat1.9 g · 2.1 g2%·3%
- Saturated fatlimit0.23 g · 0.29 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit7 mg · 3 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium172 mg · 294 mg4%·6%
- Calcium17 mg · 4 mg1%·<1%
- Iron1.5 mg · 0.93 mg8%·5%
- Copper0.19 mg · 0.2 mg21%·22%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 9 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.11 mg · 0.087 mg8%·7%
- 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), Dry gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168899). 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.