Uncooked quinoa vs Barley flour

In short

One serving each: 626 calories in uncooked quinoa (1 cup, 170 g), 357 calories in barley flour (100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in uncooked quinoa: manganese (2.9×), copper (2.5×), magnesium (3.8×), phosphorus (3.3×) and 9 more. More in barley flour: niacin (2.3×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Uncooked quinoa626 cal

1 cup (170 g) · 24 g protein · 109 g carbs · 10.3 g fat

Barley flour357 cal

100 g · 8.7 g protein · 77.4 g carbs · 2.5 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%87.5%175%
  • Manganese150% vs 51%

    3.5 mg vs 1.2 mg

  • Copper111% vs 44%

    1 mg vs 0.39 mg

  • Magnesium80% vs 21%

    335 mg vs 88 mg

  • Phosphorus62% vs 19%

    777 mg vs 234 mg

  • Vitamin B649% vs 12%

    0.83 mg vs 0.2 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)51% vs 19%

    0.61 mg vs 0.23 mg

  • Protein48% vs 17%

    24 g vs 8.7 g

  • Riboflavin (B2)42% vs 11%

    0.54 mg vs 0.15 mg

  • Zinc48% vs 19%

    5.3 mg vs 2.1 mg

  • Iron43% vs 18%

    7.8 mg vs 3.3 mg

  • Niacin (B3)16% vs 37%

    2.6 mg vs 5.9 mg

  • Potassium20% vs 8%

    957 mg vs 367 mg

  • Carbohydrates40% vs 28%

    109 g vs 77.4 g

  • Total fat13% vs 3%

    10.3 g vs 2.5 g

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Where they are alike

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

  • Fiber11.9 g · 12.8 g43%·46%
  • Sodiumlimit8.5 mg · 20.3 mg<1%·1%
  • Calcium79.9 mg · 35.6 mg6%·3%
  • Selenium14.4 µg · 13.1 µg26%·24%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: saturated fat, cholesterol, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, pantothenic acid (B5), biotin (B7), folate, vitamin B12, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Uncooked quinoa (SR Legacy 168874), Barley flour (Foundation 2512376). 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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