Unenriched pasta, dry vs Cooked fresh plain pasta
In short
One serving each: 338 calories in unenriched pasta, dry (1 cup spaghetti, 91 g), 168 calories in cooked fresh plain pasta (2 oz, 128 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in unenriched pasta, dry: manganese (2.9×), copper (2.2×), carbohydrates (2.1×), protein and 4 more. More in cooked fresh plain pasta: folate (8.1×), thiamin (3.3×), cholesterol, riboflavin (3.5×) and vitamin B12. 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
2 oz (128 g) · 6.6 g protein · 31.9 g carbs · 1.3 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.
- Folate4% vs 33%
16.4 µg vs 133 µg
- Manganese36% vs 12%
0.83 mg vs 0.29 mg
- Copper29% vs 13%
0.26 mg vs 0.12 mg
- Thiamin (B1)7% vs 22%
0.082 mg vs 0.27 mg
- Cholesterollimit0% vs 14%
0 mg vs 42.2 mg
- Carbohydrates25% vs 12%
67.9 g vs 31.9 g
- Riboflavin (B2)4% vs 15%
0.055 mg vs 0.19 mg
- Protein24% vs 13%
11.9 g vs 6.6 g
- Vitamin B120% vs 7%
0 µg vs 0.18 µg
- Phosphorus14% vs 6%
172 mg vs 80.6 mg
- Magnesium11% vs 5%
48.2 mg vs 23 mg
- Zinc12% vs 7%
1.3 mg vs 0.72 mg
- Vitamin B68% vs 3%
0.13 mg vs 0.044 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat1.4 g · 1.3 g2%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.25 g · 0.19 g1%·1%
- Sodiumlimit5.5 mg · 7.7 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium203 mg · 30.7 mg4%·1%
- Calcium19.1 mg · 7.7 mg1%·1%
- Iron1.2 mg · 1.5 mg7%·8%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 7.7 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Niacin (B3)1.5 mg · 1.3 mg10%·8%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.39 mg · 0.23 mg8%·5%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, selenium, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K.
From USDA FoodData Central: Unenriched pasta, dry (SR Legacy 168927), Cooked fresh plain pasta (SR Legacy 169728). 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.