Unenriched pasta, dry vs Barley flour

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of unenriched pasta, dry or 28 g of barley flour. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in unenriched pasta, dry: selenium (4.6×). More in barley flour: fiber (4.2×) and niacin (3.6×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Unenriched pasta, dry100 cal

27 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.41 g fat

Barley flour100 cal

28 g · 2.4 g protein · 21.7 g carbs · 0.69 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.

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  • Selenium31% vs 7%

    17 µg vs 3.7 µg

  • Fiber3% vs 13%

    0.86 g vs 3.6 g

  • Niacin (B3)3% vs 10%

    0.46 mg vs 1.7 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.5 g · 2.4 g7%·5%
  • Total fat0.41 g · 0.69 g1%·1%
  • Carbohydrates20.1 g · 21.7 g7%·8%
  • Sodiumlimit1.6 mg · 5.7 mg<1%·<1%
  • Potassium60.1 mg · 103 mg1%·2%
  • Calcium5.7 mg · 10 mg<1%·1%
  • Iron0.35 mg · 0.92 mg2%·5%
  • Magnesium14.3 mg · 24.6 mg3%·6%
  • Phosphorus50.9 mg · 65.6 mg4%·5%
  • Zinc0.38 mg · 0.6 mg3%·5%
  • Copper0.078 mg · 0.11 mg9%·12%
  • Manganese0.25 mg · 0.33 mg11%·14%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.024 mg · 0.063 mg2%·5%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.016 mg · 0.041 mg1%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.038 mg · 0.056 mg2%·3%

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

From USDA FoodData Central: Unenriched pasta, dry (SR Legacy 168927), 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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