Wheat bread vs Pasta, cooked
In short
Gram for gram, there are 75% more calories in wheat bread than in pasta, cooked (274 vs 157 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in wheat bread: niacin (3.3×), iron (2.8×), thiamin, sodium (2×) and 12 more. More in pasta, cooked: folate. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
10.7 g protein · 47.5 g carbs (5.7 g sugars) · 4.5 g fat
5.8 g protein · 30.7 g carbs (0.56 g sugars) · 0.92 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 g 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.
- Niacin (B3)5.6 mg · 1.7 mg35%10%
- Iron3.6 mg · 1.3 mg20%7%
- Thiamin (B1)0.41 mg · 0.27 mg34%23%
- Sodiumlimit473 mg · 232 mg21%10%
- Protein10.7 g · 5.8 g21%12%
- Calcium125 mg · 7 mg10%1%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.25 mg · 0.14 mg19%10%
- Fiber4 g · 1.8 g14%6%
- Carbohydrates47.5 g · 30.7 g17%11%
- Phosphorus129 mg · 58 mg10%5%
- Magnesium41 mg · 18 mg10%4%
- Copper0.15 mg · 0.099 mg16%11%
- Zinc1 mg · 0.51 mg9%5%
- Folate99 µg · 118 µg25%30%
- Selenium28.8 µg · 26.2 µg52%48%
- Total fat4.5 g · 0.92 g6%1%
- Vitamin K4.9 µg · 0 µg4%0%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Saturated fatlimit0.7 g · 0.17 g3%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Potassium141 mg · 44 mg3%·1%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0.2 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.19 mg · 0.06 mg1%·<1%
- Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.049 mg7%·3%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline18.7 mg · 6.4 mg3%·1%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, pantothenic acid (B5).
From USDA FoodData Central: Wheat bread (SR Legacy 172686), Pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708357). 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.