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