Unenriched pasta, dry vs Dry couscous
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of unenriched pasta, dry or 27 g of dry couscous. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in dry couscous: pantothenic acid (2.8×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
27 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.41 g fat
26.6 g · 3.4 g protein · 20.6 g carbs · 0.17 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 calories 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)0.12 mg · 0.33 mg2%7%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein3.5 g · 3.4 g7%·7%
- Total fat0.41 g · 0.17 g1%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.075 g · 0.031 g<1%·<1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates20.1 g · 20.6 g7%·7%
- Fiber0.86 g · 1.3 g3%·5%
- Sodiumlimit1.6 mg · 2.7 mg<1%·<1%
- Potassium60.1 mg · 44.1 mg1%·1%
- Calcium5.7 mg · 6.4 mg<1%·<1%
- Iron0.35 mg · 0.29 mg2%·2%
- Magnesium14.3 mg · 11.7 mg3%·3%
- Phosphorus50.9 mg · 45.2 mg4%·4%
- Zinc0.38 mg · 0.22 mg3%·2%
- Copper0.078 mg · 0.066 mg9%·7%
- Manganese0.25 mg · 0.21 mg11%·9%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.024 mg · 0.043 mg2%·4%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.016 mg · 0.021 mg1%·2%
- Niacin (B3)0.46 mg · 0.93 mg3%·6%
- Vitamin B60.038 mg · 0.029 mg2%·2%
- Folate4.9 µg · 5.3 µg1%·1%
- 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.