Uncooked quinoa vs Cooked homemade egg pasta

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of uncooked quinoa or 77 g of cooked homemade egg pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in uncooked quinoa: manganese (3.9×), copper (3.7×), magnesium (5×), phosphorus (3.1×) and 2 more. More in cooked homemade egg pasta: cholesterol. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Uncooked quinoa100 cal

27.2 g · 3.8 g protein · 17.4 g carbs · 1.6 g fat

Cooked homemade egg pasta100 cal

76.9 g · 4.1 g protein · 18.1 g carbs · 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 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.

0%12.5%25%
  • Manganese24% vs 6%

    0.55 mg vs 0.14 mg

  • Copper18% vs 5%

    0.16 mg vs 0.043 mg

  • Cholesterollimit0% vs 11%

    0 mg vs 31.5 mg

  • Magnesium13% vs 3%

    53.5 mg vs 10.8 mg

  • Phosphorus10% vs 3%

    124 mg vs 40 mg

  • Vitamin B68% vs 2%

    0.13 mg vs 0.028 mg

  • Zinc8% vs 3%

    0.84 mg vs 0.34 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Protein3.8 g · 4.1 g8%·8%
  • Total fat1.6 g · 1.3 g2%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.19 g · 0.31 g1%·2%
  • Carbohydrates17.4 g · 18.1 g6%·7%
  • Sodiumlimit1.4 mg · 63.8 mg<1%·3%
  • Potassium153 mg · 16.2 mg3%·<1%
  • Calcium12.8 mg · 7.7 mg1%·1%
  • Iron1.2 mg · 0.89 mg7%·5%
  • Vitamin A0.27 µg · 13.1 µg<1%·1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.098 mg · 0.13 mg8%·11%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.086 mg · 0.13 mg7%·10%
  • Niacin (B3)0.41 mg · 0.97 mg3%·6%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.21 mg · 0.18 mg4%·4%
  • Folate50 µg · 46.2 µg13%·12%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0.077 µg0%·3%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, selenium, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Uncooked quinoa (SR Legacy 168874), Cooked homemade egg pasta (SR Legacy 168901). 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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