Quinoa flour vs Pasta, cooked
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 26 g of quinoa flour or 64 g of pasta, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in quinoa flour: magnesium (3.8×), copper (2×) and phosphorus (2.6×). More in pasta, cooked: selenium (15×), thiamin, sodium and niacin (3.3×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
26.4 g · 3.2 g protein · 18.4 g carbs · 1.7 g fat
63.7 g · 3.7 g protein · 19.5 g carbs (0.36 g sugars) · 0.59 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium1.1 µg · 16.7 µg2%30%
- Magnesium43.3 mg · 11.5 mg10%3%
- Copper0.13 mg · 0.063 mg14%7%
- Thiamin (B1)0.091 mg · 0.17 mg8%14%
- Sodiumlimit1.7 mg · 148 mg<1%6%
- Phosphorus97.6 mg · 36.9 mg8%3%
- Niacin (B3)0.32 mg · 1.1 mg2%7%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein3.2 g · 3.7 g6%·7%
- Total fat1.7 g · 0.59 g2%·1%
- Carbohydrates18.4 g · 19.5 g7%·7%
- Fiber1.7 g · 1.1 g6%·4%
- Potassium146 mg · 28 mg3%·1%
- Calcium9.9 mg · 4.5 mg1%·<1%
- Iron1.2 mg · 0.81 mg7%·4%
- Zinc0.73 mg · 0.32 mg7%·3%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.084 mg · 0.086 mg6%·7%
- Vitamin B60.059 mg · 0.031 mg3%·2%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: saturated fat, cholesterol, manganese, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, biotin (B7), folate, vitamin B12, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Quinoa flour (Foundation 2512372), Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357). 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.