Unenriched pasta, dry vs Wheat bread
In short
One serving each: 338 calories in unenriched pasta, dry (1 cup spaghetti, 91 g), 79 calories in wheat bread (1 slice, 29 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in unenriched pasta, dry: selenium (6.9×), copper (6.1×), manganese (2.8×), carbohydrates (4.9×) and 6 more. More in wheat bread: sodium. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup spaghetti (91 g) · 11.9 g protein · 67.9 g carbs (2.4 g sugars) · 1.4 g fat
1 slice (29 g) · 3.1 g protein · 13.8 g carbs (1.7 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 one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium105% vs 15%
57.5 µg vs 8.4 µg
- Copper29% vs 5%
0.26 mg vs 0.043 mg
- Manganese36% vs 13%
0.83 mg vs 0.3 mg
- Carbohydrates25% vs 5%
67.9 g vs 13.8 g
- Protein24% vs 6%
11.9 g vs 3.1 g
- Phosphorus14% vs 3%
172 mg vs 37.4 mg
- Zinc12% vs 3%
1.3 mg vs 0.3 mg
- Magnesium11% vs 3%
48.2 mg vs 11.9 mg
- Fiber10% vs 4%
2.9 g vs 1.2 g
- Sodiumlimit<1% vs 6%
5.5 mg vs 137 mg
- Vitamin B68% vs 2%
0.13 mg vs 0.032 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat1.4 g · 1.3 g2%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.25 g · 0.2 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Potassium203 mg · 40.9 mg4%·1%
- Calcium19.1 mg · 36.3 mg1%·3%
- Iron1.2 mg · 1 mg7%·6%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0.058 mg0%·<1%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.1 mg · 0.055 mg1%·<1%
- Vitamin K0.091 µg · 1.4 µg<1%·1%
- Thiamin (B1)0.082 mg · 0.12 mg7%·10%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.055 mg · 0.073 mg4%·6%
- Niacin (B3)1.5 mg · 1.6 mg10%·10%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.39 mg · 0.24 mg8%·5%
- Folate16.4 µg · 28.7 µg4%·7%
- 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.