Unenriched pasta, dry vs Quinoa flour

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of unenriched pasta, dry or 26 g of quinoa flour. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in unenriched pasta, dry: selenium (16×). More in quinoa flour: manganese (2.2×), magnesium (3×), thiamin (3.8×), copper and 2 more. 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

Quinoa flour100 cal

26.4 g · 3.2 g protein · 18.4 g carbs · 1.7 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 2%

    17 µg vs 1.1 µg

  • Manganese11% vs 23%

    0.25 mg vs 0.53 mg

  • Magnesium3% vs 10%

    14.3 mg vs 43.3 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)2% vs 8%

    0.024 mg vs 0.091 mg

  • Copper9% vs 14%

    0.078 mg vs 0.13 mg

  • Riboflavin (B2)1% vs 6%

    0.016 mg vs 0.084 mg

  • Iron2% vs 7%

    0.35 mg vs 1.2 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.5 g · 3.2 g7%·6%
  • Total fat0.41 g · 1.7 g1%·2%
  • Carbohydrates20.1 g · 18.4 g7%·7%
  • Fiber0.86 g · 1.7 g3%·6%
  • Sodiumlimit1.6 mg · 1.7 mg<1%·<1%
  • Potassium60.1 mg · 146 mg1%·3%
  • Calcium5.7 mg · 9.9 mg<1%·1%
  • Phosphorus50.9 mg · 97.6 mg4%·8%
  • Zinc0.38 mg · 0.73 mg3%·7%
  • Niacin (B3)0.46 mg · 0.32 mg3%·2%
  • Vitamin B60.038 mg · 0.059 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), Quinoa flour (Foundation 2512372). 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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