Unenriched pasta, dry vs Wheat bread
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
27 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.1 g carbs (0.72 g sugars) · 0.41 g fat
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
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.
- Selenium31% vs 19%
17 µg vs 10.5 µg
- Thiamin (B1)2% vs 13%
0.024 mg vs 0.15 mg
- Niacin (B3)3% vs 13%
0.46 mg vs 2 mg
- Folate1% vs 9%
4.9 µg vs 36.1 µg
- Sodiumlimit<1% vs 8%
1.6 mg vs 173 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)1% vs 7%
0.016 mg vs 0.092 mg
- Manganese11% vs 16%
0.25 mg vs 0.37 mg
- Iron2% vs 7%
0.35 mg vs 1.3 mg
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.