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

Quinoa flour100 cal

26.4 g · 3.2 g protein · 18.4 g carbs · 1.7 g fat

Pasta, cooked100 cal

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

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.

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  • Selenium2% vs 30%

    1.1 µg vs 16.7 µg

  • Magnesium10% vs 3%

    43.3 mg vs 11.5 mg

  • Copper14% vs 7%

    0.13 mg vs 0.063 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)8% vs 14%

    0.091 mg vs 0.17 mg

  • Sodiumlimit<1% vs 6%

    1.7 mg vs 148 mg

  • Phosphorus8% vs 3%

    97.6 mg vs 36.9 mg

  • Niacin (B3)2% vs 7%

    0.32 mg vs 1.1 mg

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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.

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