Unenriched pasta, dry vs Cooked brown long-grain rice
In short
One serving each: 338 calories in unenriched pasta, dry (1 cup spaghetti, 91 g), 248 calories in cooked brown long-grain rice (1 cup, 202 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in unenriched pasta, dry: selenium (4.9×), protein (2.1×), carbohydrates and copper. More in cooked brown long-grain rice: manganese (2.4×), thiamin (4.4×), niacin (3.3×), pantothenic acid and 3 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup spaghetti (91 g) · 11.9 g protein · 67.9 g carbs (2.4 g sugars) · 1.4 g fat
1 cup (202 g) · 5.5 g protein · 51.7 g carbs (0.48 g sugars) · 2 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.
- Selenium105% vs 21%
57.5 µg vs 11.7 µg
- Manganese36% vs 86%
0.83 mg vs 2 mg
- Thiamin (B1)7% vs 30%
0.082 mg vs 0.36 mg
- Niacin (B3)10% vs 32%
1.5 mg vs 5.2 mg
- Protein24% vs 11%
11.9 g vs 5.5 g
- Pantothenic acid (B5)8% vs 15%
0.39 mg vs 0.77 mg
- Magnesium11% vs 19%
48.2 mg vs 78.8 mg
- Vitamin B68% vs 15%
0.13 mg vs 0.25 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)4% vs 11%
0.055 mg vs 0.14 mg
- Carbohydrates25% vs 19%
67.9 g vs 51.7 g
- Copper29% vs 24%
0.26 mg vs 0.21 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat1.4 g · 2 g2%·3%
- Saturated fatlimit0.25 g · 0.53 g1%·3%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber2.9 g · 3.2 g10%·12%
- Sodiumlimit5.5 mg · 8.1 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium203 mg · 174 mg4%·4%
- Calcium19.1 mg · 6.1 mg1%·<1%
- Iron1.2 mg · 1.1 mg7%·6%
- Phosphorus172 mg · 208 mg14%·17%
- Zinc1.3 mg · 1.4 mg12%·13%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.1 mg · 0.34 mg1%·2%
- Vitamin K0.091 µg · 0.4 µg<1%·<1%
- Folate16.4 µg · 18.2 µg4%·5%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Unenriched pasta, dry (SR Legacy 168927), Cooked brown long-grain rice (SR Legacy 169704). 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.