Wheat bread vs Gluten free pasta

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 36 g of wheat bread or 56 g of gluten free pasta. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in wheat bread: selenium (8.6×), niacin (15×), thiamin (5.4×), folate (16×) and 4 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Wheat bread100 cal

36.5 g · 3.9 g protein · 17.4 g carbs (2.1 g sugars) · 1.7 g fat

Gluten free pasta100 cal

55.9 g · 1.8 g protein · 21.3 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 0.56 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.

0%12.5%25%
  • Selenium19% vs 2%

    10.5 µg vs 1.2 µg

  • Niacin (B3)13% vs 1%

    2 mg vs 0.13 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)13% vs 2%

    0.15 mg vs 0.028 mg

  • Folate9% vs 1%

    36.1 µg vs 2.2 µg

  • Sodiumlimit8% vs <1%

    173 mg vs 2.2 mg

  • Iron7% vs 1%

    1.3 mg vs 0.12 mg

  • Copper6% vs 1%

    0.054 mg vs 0.011 mg

  • Protein8% vs 4%

    3.9 g vs 1.8 g

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Where they are alike

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

  • Total fat1.7 g · 0.56 g2%·1%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.25 g · 0.084 g1%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Carbohydrates17.4 g · 21.3 g6%·8%
  • Fiber1.5 g · 0.78 g5%·3%
  • Potassium51.5 mg · 13.4 mg1%·<1%
  • Calcium45.6 mg · 1.1 mg4%·<1%
  • Magnesium15 mg · 6.1 mg4%·1%
  • Phosphorus47.1 mg · 18.4 mg4%·1%
  • Zinc0.38 mg · 0.15 mg3%·1%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 2.2 µg0%·<1%
  • Vitamin C0.073 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.069 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin K1.8 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.092 mg · 0.044 mg7%·3%
  • Vitamin B60.041 mg · 0.021 mg2%·1%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline6.8 mg · 0.95 mg1%·<1%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).

From USDA FoodData Central: Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686), Gluten free pasta (Survey (FNDDS) 2708359). 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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