Uncooked quinoa vs Raw wild rice
In short
Gram for gram, the calories are about the same: 368 in 100 g of uncooked quinoa, 357 of raw wild rice. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in uncooked quinoa: manganese, folate, thiamin (3.1×), iron (2.3×) and 8 more. More in raw wild rice: niacin (4.4×), zinc and pantothenic acid. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
14.1 g protein · 64.2 g carbs · 6.1 g fat
14.7 g protein · 74.9 g carbs (2.5 g sugars) · 1.1 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 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Niacin (B3)10% vs 42%
1.5 mg vs 6.7 mg
- Manganese88% vs 58%
2 mg vs 1.3 mg
- Zinc28% vs 54%
3.1 mg vs 6 mg
- Folate46% vs 24%
184 µg vs 95 µg
- Thiamin (B1)30% vs 10%
0.36 mg vs 0.12 mg
- Iron25% vs 11%
4.6 mg vs 2 mg
- Vitamin E16% vs 5%
2.4 mg vs 0.82 mg
- Selenium15% vs 5%
8.5 µg vs 2.8 µg
- Copper66% vs 58%
0.59 mg vs 0.52 mg
- Choline13% vs 6%
70.2 mg vs 35 mg
- Total fat8% vs 1%
6.1 g vs 1.1 g
- Pantothenic acid (B5)15% vs 21%
0.77 mg vs 1.1 mg
- Vitamin B629% vs 23%
0.49 mg vs 0.39 mg
- Magnesium47% vs 42%
197 mg vs 177 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)24% vs 20%
0.32 mg vs 0.26 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein14.1 g · 14.7 g28%·29%
- Saturated fatlimit0.71 g · 0.16 g4%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates64.2 g · 74.9 g23%·27%
- Fiber7 g · 6.2 g25%·22%
- Sodiumlimit5 mg · 7 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium563 mg · 427 mg12%·9%
- Calcium47 mg · 21 mg4%·2%
- Phosphorus457 mg · 433 mg37%·35%
- Vitamin A1 µg · 1 µg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 1.9 µg0%·2%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin C.
From USDA FoodData Central: Uncooked quinoa (SR Legacy 168874), Raw wild rice (SR Legacy 169726). 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.