Quinoa flour vs Whole grain pasta, cooked
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 26 g of quinoa flour or 68 g of whole grain pasta, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in whole grain pasta, cooked: selenium, niacin (6.6×) and sodium. 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
67.6 g · 4 g protein · 20.2 g carbs (0.51 g sugars) · 1.1 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 · 24.4 µg2%44%
- Niacin (B3)0.32 mg · 2.1 mg2%13%
- Sodiumlimit1.7 mg · 159 mg<1%7%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein3.2 g · 4 g6%·8%
- Total fat1.7 g · 1.1 g2%·1%
- Carbohydrates18.4 g · 20.2 g7%·7%
- Fiber1.7 g · 2.6 g6%·9%
- Potassium146 mg · 64.2 mg3%·1%
- Calcium9.9 mg · 8.8 mg1%·1%
- Iron1.2 mg · 1.2 mg7%·6%
- Magnesium43.3 mg · 36.5 mg10%·9%
- Phosphorus97.6 mg · 85.1 mg8%·7%
- Zinc0.73 mg · 0.9 mg7%·8%
- Copper0.13 mg · 0.15 mg14%·17%
- Thiamin (B1)0.091 mg · 0.1 mg8%·9%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.084 mg · 0.066 mg6%·5%
- Vitamin B60.059 mg · 0.062 mg3%·4%
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), Whole grain pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708358). 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.