Quinoa, cooked vs Wheat bread

In short

One serving each: 222 calories in quinoa, cooked (1 cup, 185 g), 79 calories in wheat bread (1 slice, 29 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in quinoa, cooked: manganese (3.9×), copper (8.3×), magnesium (10×), phosphorus (7.5×) and 12 more. More in wheat bread: selenium, sodium (11×) and niacin (2.1×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Quinoa, cooked222 cal

1 cup (185 g) · 8.1 g protein · 39.4 g carbs (1.6 g sugars) · 3.6 g fat

Wheat bread79 cal

1 slice (29 g) · 3.1 g protein · 13.8 g carbs (1.7 g sugars) · 1.3 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving 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%37.5%75%
  • Manganese51% vs 13%

    1.2 mg vs 0.3 mg

  • Copper39% vs 5%

    0.36 mg vs 0.043 mg

  • Magnesium28% vs 3%

    118 mg vs 11.9 mg

  • Phosphorus22% vs 3%

    281 mg vs 37.4 mg

  • Zinc18% vs 3%

    2 mg vs 0.3 mg

  • Fiber19% vs 4%

    5.2 g vs 1.2 g

  • Folate19% vs 7%

    77.7 µg vs 28.7 µg

  • Vitamin B613% vs 2%

    0.23 mg vs 0.032 mg

  • Protein16% vs 6%

    8.1 g vs 3.1 g

  • Riboflavin (B2)16% vs 6%

    0.2 mg vs 0.073 mg

  • Iron15% vs 6%

    2.8 mg vs 1 mg

  • Carbohydrates14% vs 5%

    39.4 g vs 13.8 g

  • Vitamin E8% vs <1%

    1.2 mg vs 0.055 mg

  • Choline8% vs 1%

    42.5 mg vs 5.4 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)16% vs 10%

    0.2 mg vs 0.12 mg

  • Potassium7% vs 1%

    318 mg vs 40.9 mg

  • Selenium9% vs 15%

    5.2 µg vs 8.4 µg

  • Sodiumlimit1% vs 6%

    12.9 mg vs 137 mg

  • Niacin (B3)5% vs 10%

    0.76 mg vs 1.6 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.

  • Total fat3.6 g · 1.3 g5%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.43 g · 0.2 g2%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Calcium31.4 mg · 36.3 mg2%·3%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0.058 mg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 1.4 µg0%·1%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

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

From USDA FoodData Central: Quinoa, cooked (SR Legacy 168917), Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686). 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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