Unenriched pasta, dry vs Rye bread

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of unenriched pasta, dry or 39 g of rye bread. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in unenriched pasta, dry: selenium. More in rye bread: folate (12×), thiamin (6.9×), sodium, riboflavin (8×) and 3 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

Rye bread100 cal

38.6 g · 3.3 g protein · 18.6 g carbs (1.5 g sugars) · 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 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.

0%25%50%
  • Folate1% vs 15%

    4.9 µg vs 58.3 µg

  • Thiamin (B1)2% vs 14%

    0.024 mg vs 0.17 mg

  • Sodiumlimit<1% vs 10%

    1.6 mg vs 233 mg

  • Selenium31% vs 22%

    17 µg vs 11.9 µg

  • Riboflavin (B2)1% vs 10%

    0.016 mg vs 0.13 mg

  • Niacin (B3)3% vs 9%

    0.46 mg vs 1.5 mg

  • Fiber3% vs 8%

    0.86 g vs 2.2 g

  • Iron2% vs 6%

    0.35 mg vs 1.1 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.5 g · 3.3 g7%·7%
  • Total fat0.41 g · 1.3 g1%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.075 g · 0.24 g<1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.1 g · 18.6 g7%·7%
  • Potassium60.1 mg · 64.1 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium5.7 mg · 28.2 mg<1%·2%
  • Magnesium14.3 mg · 15.4 mg3%·4%
  • Phosphorus50.9 mg · 48.3 mg4%·4%
  • Zinc0.38 mg · 0.44 mg3%·4%
  • Copper0.078 mg · 0.072 mg9%·8%
  • Manganese0.25 mg · 0.32 mg11%·14%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0.15 mg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.03 mg · 0.13 mg<1%·1%
  • Vitamin K0.027 µg · 0.46 µg<1%·<1%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.12 mg · 0.17 mg2%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.038 mg · 0.029 mg2%·2%
  • 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), Rye bread (SR Legacy 172684). 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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