Unenriched pasta, dry vs Dry couscous
In short
Gram for gram, the calories are about the same: 371 in 100 g of unenriched pasta, dry, 376 of dry couscous. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in unenriched pasta, dry: manganese, zinc and copper. More in dry couscous: pantothenic acid (2.9×), niacin (2.1×), fiber and thiamin. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
13 g protein · 74.7 g carbs (2.7 g sugars) · 1.5 g fat
12.8 g protein · 77.4 g carbs · 0.64 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length 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 difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.43 mg · 1.2 mg9%25%
- Niacin (B3)1.7 mg · 3.5 mg11%22%
- Fiber3.2 g · 5 g11%18%
- Thiamin (B1)0.09 mg · 0.16 mg8%14%
- Manganese0.92 mg · 0.78 mg40%34%
- Zinc1.4 mg · 0.83 mg13%8%
- Copper0.29 mg · 0.25 mg32%27%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein13 g · 12.8 g26%·26%
- Total fat1.5 g · 0.64 g2%·1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.28 g · 0.12 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates74.7 g · 77.4 g27%·28%
- Sodiumlimit6 mg · 10 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium223 mg · 166 mg5%·4%
- Calcium21 mg · 24 mg2%·2%
- Iron1.3 mg · 1.1 mg7%·6%
- Magnesium53 mg · 44 mg13%·10%
- Phosphorus189 mg · 170 mg15%·14%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.06 mg · 0.078 mg5%·6%
- Vitamin B60.14 mg · 0.11 mg8%·6%
- Folate18 µg · 20 µg5%·5%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: selenium, vitamin E, vitamin K.
From USDA FoodData Central: Unenriched pasta, dry (SR Legacy 168927), Dry couscous (SR Legacy 169699). 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.