Vegetable pasta, cooked vs Whole grain pasta, cooked
In short
Gram for gram, there are 16% more calories in whole grain pasta, cooked than in vegetable pasta, cooked (148 vs 128 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in vegetable pasta, cooked: folate (5×). More in whole grain pasta, cooked: selenium, copper (2.4×), niacin (2.9×), magnesium (2.8×) and 4 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
4.5 g protein · 26.6 g carbs (1.1 g sugars) · 0.11 g fat
6 g protein · 29.9 g carbs (0.75 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 g of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium36% vs 66%
19.8 µg vs 36.1 µg
- Folate27% vs 5%
106 µg vs 21 µg
- Copper10% vs 25%
0.092 mg vs 0.22 mg
- Niacin (B3)7% vs 19%
1.1 mg vs 3.1 mg
- Magnesium5% vs 13%
19 mg vs 54 mg
- Zinc4% vs 12%
0.44 mg vs 1.3 mg
- Iron3% vs 10%
0.49 mg vs 1.7 mg
- Phosphorus4% vs 10%
50 mg vs 126 mg
- Sodiumlimit4% vs 10%
99 mg vs 235 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Protein4.5 g · 6 g9%·12%
- Total fat0.11 g · 1.7 g<1%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.016 g · 0.24 g<1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates26.6 g · 29.9 g10%·11%
- Fiber4.3 g · 3.9 g15%·14%
- Potassium31 mg · 95 mg1%·2%
- Calcium11 mg · 13 mg1%·1%
- Vitamin A5 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.21 mg · 0.23 mg1%·2%
- Vitamin K0.3 µg · 0.6 µg<1%·1%
- Thiamin (B1)0.11 mg · 0.15 mg9%·13%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.061 mg · 0.098 mg5%·8%
- Vitamin B60.024 mg · 0.092 mg1%·5%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline5 mg · 6.5 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.