Unenriched pasta, dry vs Wheat bread

Unenriched pasta, dryWheat bread
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of unenriched pasta, dry or 36 g of wheat bread. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in unenriched pasta, dry: selenium. More in wheat bread: thiamin (6.2×), niacin (4.5×), folate (7.4×), sodium 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

Wheat bread100 cal

36.5 g · 3.9 g protein · 17.4 g carbs (2.1 g sugars) · 1.7 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.

0%25%50%
  • Selenium17 µg · 10.5 µg
    31%19%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.024 mg · 0.15 mg
    2%13%
  • Niacin (B3)0.46 mg · 2 mg
    3%13%
  • Folate4.9 µg · 36.1 µg
    1%9%
  • Sodiumlimit1.6 mg · 173 mg
    <1%8%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.016 mg · 0.092 mg
    1%7%
  • Manganese0.25 mg · 0.37 mg
    11%16%
  • Iron0.35 mg · 1.3 mg
    2%7%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.5 g · 3.9 g7%·8%
  • Total fat0.41 g · 1.7 g1%·2%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.075 g · 0.25 g<1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.1 g · 17.4 g7%·6%
  • Fiber0.86 g · 1.5 g3%·5%
  • Potassium60.1 mg · 51.5 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium5.7 mg · 45.6 mg<1%·4%
  • Magnesium14.3 mg · 15 mg3%·4%
  • Phosphorus50.9 mg · 47.1 mg4%·4%
  • Zinc0.38 mg · 0.38 mg3%·3%
  • Copper0.078 mg · 0.054 mg9%·6%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0.073 mg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.03 mg · 0.069 mg<1%·<1%
  • Vitamin K0.027 µg · 1.8 µg<1%·1%
  • Pantothenic acid (B5)0.12 mg · 0.3 mg2%·6%
  • Vitamin B60.038 mg · 0.041 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), Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686). 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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