Discover which food has more nutrients per 100 calories - Dry Pasta or Rice?
Lets compare vitamin content per 100 calories of Dry Pasta vs Rice:
100 calories of Dry Pasta have 1.3 times more Vitamin B1 than Rice.
While 100 kcal of Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice contain 2.4 times more Vitamin B5 than Dry Unenriched Pasta.
Both Dry Pasta and Rice provide similar amounts of Vitamin B3 and Vitamin B6 per 100 calories.
100 calories of Rice have insufficient amounts of Vitamin B1
Both Dry Unenriched Pasta as well as Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice have insufficient amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B9, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K in 100 calories.
Comparing minerals per 100 calories for Dry Pasta vs Rice:
100 calories of Dry Pasta have 1.3 times more Copper, 1.6 times more Iron, 2.1 times more Magnesium, 1.6 times more Phosphorus, 4.1 times more Selenium and 1.3 times more Zinc than Rice.
Both Dry Pasta and Rice contain similar levels of Manganese per 100 calories.
100 calories of Rice lack sufficient amounts of Magnesium
Both Dry Unenriched Pasta as well as Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice lack sufficient amounts of Calcium and Potassium in 100 calories.
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 100 calories:
100 calories of Dry Pasta have 2.4 times more Fiber and 1.8 times more Protein than Rice.
Both Dry Pasta and Rice offer comparable quantities of Energy and Carbohydrate per 100 calories.
100 calories of Rice provide inadequate amounts of Fiber
Both Dry Unenriched Pasta as well as Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice provide inadequate amounts of Omega 3 and Omega 6 in 100 calories.