Wheat bread vs Vegetable pasta, cooked

Wheat breadVegetable pasta, cooked
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

Gram for gram, there are 2.1 times as many calories in wheat bread as in vegetable pasta, cooked (274 vs 128 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.

More in wheat bread: niacin (5.2×), thiamin (3.7×), iron (7.3×), selenium and 11 more. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Wheat bread274 cal

10.7 g protein · 47.5 g carbs (5.7 g sugars) · 4.5 g fat

Vegetable pasta, cooked128 cal

4.5 g protein · 26.6 g carbs (1.1 g sugars) · 0.11 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.

0%37.5%75%
  • Niacin (B3)5.6 mg · 1.1 mg
    35%7%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.41 mg · 0.11 mg
    34%9%
  • Iron3.6 mg · 0.49 mg
    20%3%
  • Selenium28.8 µg · 19.8 µg
    52%36%
  • Sodiumlimit473 mg · 99 mg
    21%4%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.25 mg · 0.061 mg
    19%5%
  • Protein10.7 g · 4.5 g
    21%9%
  • Calcium125 mg · 11 mg
    10%1%
  • Carbohydrates47.5 g · 26.6 g
    17%10%
  • Phosphorus129 mg · 50 mg
    10%4%
  • Copper0.15 mg · 0.092 mg
    16%10%
  • Total fat4.5 g · 0.11 g
    6%<1%
  • Zinc1 mg · 0.44 mg
    9%4%
  • Magnesium41 mg · 19 mg
    10%5%
  • Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.024 mg
    7%1%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Saturated fatlimit0.7 g · 0.016 g3%·<1%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Fiber4 g · 4.3 g14%·15%
  • Potassium141 mg · 31 mg3%·1%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 5 µg0%·1%
  • Vitamin C0.2 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin E0.19 mg · 0.21 mg1%·1%
  • Vitamin K4.9 µg · 0.3 µg4%·<1%
  • Folate99 µg · 106 µg25%·27%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Choline18.7 mg · 5 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), Vegetable pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708351). 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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