Uncooked quinoa vs Quinoa, cooked
In short
One serving each: 626 calories in uncooked quinoa (1 cup, 170 g), 222 calories in quinoa, cooked (1 cup, 185 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in uncooked quinoa: manganese (3×), copper (2.8×), folate (4×), magnesium (2.8×) and 15 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup (170 g) · 24 g protein · 109 g carbs · 10.3 g fat
1 cup (185 g) · 8.1 g protein · 39.4 g carbs (1.6 g sugars) · 3.6 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.
- Manganese150% vs 51%
3.5 mg vs 1.2 mg
- Copper111% vs 39%
1 mg vs 0.36 mg
- Folate78% vs 19%
313 µg vs 77.7 µg
- Magnesium80% vs 28%
335 mg vs 118 mg
- Phosphorus62% vs 22%
777 mg vs 281 mg
- Vitamin B649% vs 13%
0.83 mg vs 0.23 mg
- Thiamin (B1)51% vs 16%
0.61 mg vs 0.2 mg
- Protein48% vs 16%
24 g vs 8.1 g
- Zinc48% vs 18%
5.3 mg vs 2 mg
- Iron43% vs 15%
7.8 mg vs 2.8 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)42% vs 16%
0.54 mg vs 0.2 mg
- Carbohydrates40% vs 14%
109 g vs 39.4 g
- Fiber43% vs 19%
11.9 g vs 5.2 g
- Vitamin E28% vs 8%
4.1 mg vs 1.2 mg
- Selenium26% vs 9%
14.4 µg vs 5.2 µg
- Choline22% vs 8%
119 mg vs 42.5 mg
- Potassium20% vs 7%
957 mg vs 318 mg
- Niacin (B3)16% vs 5%
2.6 mg vs 0.76 mg
- Total fat13% vs 5%
10.3 g vs 3.6 g
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Saturated fatlimit1.2 g · 0.43 g6%·2%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit8.5 mg · 12.9 mg<1%·1%
- Calcium79.9 mg · 31.4 mg6%·2%
- Vitamin A1.7 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin C, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Uncooked quinoa (SR Legacy 168874), Quinoa, cooked (SR Legacy 168917). 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.