Uncooked quinoa vs White rice, cooked

Uncooked quinoa has 2.8× the calories of White rice, cooked (368 vs 130 per 100 g).

Per 100 g Per 100 calories

Uncooked quinoa has

1.9 g

fiber; White rice, cooked has none

Uncooked quinoa has

6.3×

the magnesium · 53.5 vs 8.5 mg

Uncooked quinoa has

2.2×

the zinc · 0.84 vs 0.38 mg

Uncooked quinoaSR Legacy 168874White rice, cookedSurvey (FNDDS) 2710788

per 100 calories

3.8 g

Protein

2 g

1.6 g

Total fat

0.28 g

0.19 g

Saturated fat

0.05 g

17.4 g

Carbohydrates

22.3 g

1.9 g

Fiber

0 g

not reported

Sugars

0.031 g

1.4 mg

Sodium

2.3 mg

153 mg

Potassium

21.5 mg

12.8 mg

Calcium

3.1 mg

53.5 mg

Magnesium

8.5 mg

1.2 mg

Iron

0.96 mg

0.84 mg

Zinc

0.38 mg

0.27 µg

Vitamin A

0 µg

50 µg

Folate

90.8 µg

Values as USDA FoodData Central reports them, scaled to 100 calories of each food. Missing values are shown as “not reported”, never as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.

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