Wheat bread vs Whole grain pasta, cooked
In short
Gram for gram, there are 85% more calories in wheat bread than in whole grain pasta, cooked (274 vs 148 in 100 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in wheat bread: thiamin (2.7×), folate (4.7×), niacin, riboflavin (2.6×) and 5 more. More in whole grain pasta, cooked: selenium and copper. 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
6 g protein · 29.9 g carbs (0.75 g sugars) · 1.7 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.
- Thiamin (B1)34% vs 13%
0.41 mg vs 0.15 mg
- Folate25% vs 5%
99 µg vs 21 µg
- Niacin (B3)35% vs 19%
5.6 mg vs 3.1 mg
- Selenium52% vs 66%
28.8 µg vs 36.1 µg
- Riboflavin (B2)19% vs 8%
0.25 mg vs 0.098 mg
- Iron20% vs 10%
3.6 mg vs 1.7 mg
- Sodiumlimit21% vs 10%
473 mg vs 235 mg
- Protein21% vs 12%
10.7 g vs 6 g
- Calcium10% vs 1%
125 mg vs 13 mg
- Copper16% vs 25%
0.15 mg vs 0.22 mg
- Carbohydrates17% vs 11%
47.5 g vs 29.9 g
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 g of each.
- Total fat4.5 g · 1.7 g6%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.7 g · 0.24 g3%·1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Fiber4 g · 3.9 g14%·14%
- Potassium141 mg · 95 mg3%·2%
- Magnesium41 mg · 54 mg10%·13%
- Phosphorus129 mg · 126 mg10%·10%
- Zinc1 mg · 1.3 mg9%·12%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin C0.2 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.19 mg · 0.23 mg1%·2%
- Vitamin K4.9 µg · 0.6 µg4%·1%
- Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.092 mg7%·5%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline18.7 mg · 6.5 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), Whole grain pasta, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2708358). 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.