Unenriched white rice flour vs Brown rice flour

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of unenriched white rice flour or 28 g of brown rice flour. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in brown rice flour: manganese (3.4×), thiamin (3.2×), niacin (2.5×), phosphorus (3.5×) and 4 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Unenriched white rice flour100 cal

27.3 g · 1.6 g protein · 21.9 g carbs (0.033 g sugars) · 0.39 g fat

Brown rice flour100 cal

27.5 g · 2 g protein · 21.1 g carbs (0.18 g sugars) · 0.77 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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  • Manganese14% vs 48%

    0.33 mg vs 1.1 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)3% vs 10%

    0.038 mg vs 0.12 mg

  • Niacin (B3)4% vs 11%

    0.71 mg vs 1.7 mg

  • Phosphorus2% vs 7%

    26.8 mg vs 92.8 mg

  • Magnesium2% vs 7%

    9.6 mg vs 30.9 mg

  • Vitamin B67% vs 12%

    0.12 mg vs 0.2 mg

  • Pantothenic acid (B5)4% vs 9%

    0.22 mg vs 0.44 mg

  • Zinc2% vs 6%

    0.22 mg vs 0.67 mg

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein1.6 g · 2 g3%·4%
  • Total fat0.39 g · 0.77 g<1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.11 g · 0.15 g1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates21.9 g · 21.1 g8%·8%
  • Fiber0.66 g · 1.3 g2%·5%
  • Sodiumlimit0 mg · 2.2 mg0%·<1%
  • Potassium20.8 mg · 79.6 mg<1%·2%
  • Calcium2.7 mg · 3 mg<1%·<1%
  • Iron0.096 mg · 0.55 mg1%·3%
  • Copper0.036 mg · 0.063 mg4%·7%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.03 mg · 0.17 mg<1%·1%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.006 mg · 0.022 mg<1%·2%
  • Folate1.1 µg · 4.4 µg<1%·1%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: selenium, vitamin A, vitamin K, choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Unenriched white rice flour (SR Legacy 169714), Brown rice flour (SR Legacy 168898). 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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