Vegetable pasta, cooked vs Whole grain pasta, cooked

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 78 g of vegetable pasta, cooked or 68 g of whole grain pasta, cooked. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in vegetable pasta, cooked: folate (5.8×). More in whole grain pasta, cooked: selenium, copper (2.1×), niacin (2.5×), magnesium (2.5×) and 2 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Vegetable pasta, cooked100 cal

78.1 g · 3.5 g protein · 20.7 g carbs (0.9 g sugars) · 0.086 g fat

Whole grain pasta, cooked100 cal

67.6 g · 4 g protein · 20.2 g carbs (0.51 g sugars) · 1.1 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%
  • Folate82.8 µg · 14.2 µg
    21%4%
  • Selenium15.5 µg · 24.4 µg
    28%44%
  • Copper0.072 mg · 0.15 mg
    8%17%
  • Niacin (B3)0.83 mg · 2.1 mg
    5%13%
  • Magnesium14.8 mg · 36.5 mg
    4%9%
  • Zinc0.34 mg · 0.9 mg
    3%8%
  • Iron0.38 mg · 1.2 mg
    2%6%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein3.5 g · 4 g7%·8%
  • Total fat0.086 g · 1.1 g<1%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.013 g · 0.16 g<1%·1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates20.7 g · 20.2 g8%·7%
  • Fiber3.4 g · 2.6 g12%·9%
  • Sodiumlimit77.3 mg · 159 mg3%·7%
  • Potassium24.2 mg · 64.2 mg1%·1%
  • Calcium8.6 mg · 8.8 mg1%·1%
  • Phosphorus39.1 mg · 85.1 mg3%·7%
  • Vitamin A3.9 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.16 mg · 0.16 mg1%·1%
  • Vitamin K0.23 µg · 0.41 µg<1%·<1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.087 mg · 0.1 mg7%·9%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.048 mg · 0.066 mg4%·5%
  • Vitamin B60.019 mg · 0.062 mg1%·4%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline3.9 mg · 4.4 mg1%·1%

From USDA FoodData Central: Vegetable pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708351), Whole grain pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708358). 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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