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
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.
- Niacin (B3)35% vs 10%
5.6 mg vs 1.7 mg
- Iron20% vs 7%
3.6 mg vs 1.3 mg
- Thiamin (B1)34% vs 23%
0.41 mg vs 0.27 mg
- Sodiumlimit21% vs 10%
473 mg vs 232 mg
- Protein21% vs 12%
10.7 g vs 5.8 g
- Calcium10% vs 1%
125 mg vs 7 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)19% vs 10%
0.25 mg vs 0.14 mg
- Fiber14% vs 6%
4 g vs 1.8 g
- Carbohydrates17% vs 11%
47.5 g vs 30.7 g
- Phosphorus10% vs 5%
129 mg vs 58 mg
- Magnesium10% vs 4%
41 mg vs 18 mg
- Copper16% vs 11%
0.15 mg vs 0.099 mg
- Zinc9% vs 5%
1 mg vs 0.51 mg
- Folate25% vs 30%
99 µg vs 118 µg
- Selenium52% vs 48%
28.8 µg vs 26.2 µg
- Total fat6% vs 1%
4.5 g vs 0.92 g
- Vitamin K4% vs 0%
4.9 µg vs 0 µg
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.