Quinoa, cooked vs Millet flour

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 83 g of quinoa, cooked or 26 g of millet flour. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in quinoa, cooked: manganese (2×), folate (3.2×), riboflavin (4.8×), magnesium and 2 more. More in millet flour: selenium (3.7×) and niacin (4.6×). 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

Millet flour100 cal

26.2 g · 2.8 g protein · 19.7 g carbs (0.43 g sugars) · 1.1 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 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 11%

    0.53 mg vs 0.26 mg

  • Selenium4% vs 16%

    2.3 µg vs 8.6 µg

  • Niacin (B3)2% vs 10%

    0.34 mg vs 1.6 mg

  • Folate9% vs 3%

    35 µg vs 11 µg

  • Riboflavin (B2)7% vs 1%

    0.092 mg vs 0.019 mg

  • Magnesium13% vs 7%

    53.3 mg vs 31.2 mg

  • Fiber8% vs 3%

    2.3 g vs 0.92 g

  • Phosphorus10% vs 6%

    127 mg vs 74.6 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.7 g · 2.8 g7%·6%
  • Total fat1.6 g · 1.1 g2%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.19 g · 0.14 g1%·1%
  • Carbohydrates17.8 g · 19.7 g6%·7%
  • Sodiumlimit5.8 mg · 1 mg<1%·<1%
  • Potassium143 mg · 58.6 mg3%·1%
  • Calcium14.2 mg · 3.7 mg1%·<1%
  • Iron1.2 mg · 1 mg7%·6%
  • Zinc0.91 mg · 0.69 mg8%·6%
  • Copper0.16 mg · 0.14 mg18%·16%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.53 mg · 0.029 mg4%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 0.21 µg0%·<1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.089 mg · 0.11 mg7%·9%
  • Vitamin B60.1 mg · 0.097 mg6%·6%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: cholesterol, vitamin A, vitamin D, pantothenic acid (B5), vitamin B12, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Quinoa, cooked (SR Legacy 168917), Millet flour (SR Legacy 172023). 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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