Wheat bread vs Pasta, cooked
In short
One serving each: 79 calories in wheat bread (1 slice, 29 g), 220 calories in pasta, cooked (1 cup, cooked, 140 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in pasta, cooked: selenium (4.4×), folate (5.8×), thiamin (3.2×), copper (3.2×) and 7 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 slice (29 g) · 3.1 g protein · 13.8 g carbs (1.7 g sugars) · 1.3 g fat
1 cup, cooked (140 g) · 8.1 g protein · 43 g carbs (0.78 g sugars) · 1.3 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium15% vs 67%
8.4 µg vs 36.7 µg
- Folate7% vs 41%
28.7 µg vs 165 µg
- Thiamin (B1)10% vs 32%
0.12 mg vs 0.38 mg
- Copper5% vs 15%
0.043 mg vs 0.14 mg
- Carbohydrates5% vs 16%
13.8 g vs 43 g
- Protein6% vs 16%
3.1 g vs 8.1 g
- Riboflavin (B2)6% vs 15%
0.073 mg vs 0.19 mg
- Sodiumlimit6% vs 14%
137 mg vs 325 mg
- Fiber4% vs 9%
1.2 g vs 2.5 g
- Niacin (B3)10% vs 15%
1.6 mg vs 2.4 mg
- Iron6% vs 10%
1 mg vs 1.8 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat1.3 g · 1.3 g2%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.2 g · 0.24 g1%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Potassium40.9 mg · 61.6 mg1%·1%
- Calcium36.3 mg · 9.8 mg3%·1%
- Magnesium11.9 mg · 25.2 mg3%·6%
- Phosphorus37.4 mg · 81.2 mg3%·6%
- Zinc0.3 mg · 0.71 mg3%·6%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0.058 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.055 mg · 0.084 mg<1%·1%
- Vitamin K1.4 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
- Vitamin B60.032 mg · 0.069 mg2%·4%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline5.4 mg · 9 mg1%·2%
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.