Comparing Nutrients in 500 calories Cooked PastaVS Dry Pasta
Weight per 500 calories
Cooked Pasta
317g
Dry Pasta
135g
Dry Unenriched Pasta has 2.3 times more energy per unit of mass than Cooked Pasta, which is high in comparison to other foods. Cooked Pasta having above average energy density.
Discover which food has more nutrients per 500 calories - Cooked Pasta or Dry Pasta?
Discover which food has more nutrients per 500 calories - Cooked Pasta or Dry Pasta?
Lets compare vitamin content per 500 calories of Cooked Pasta vs Dry Pasta:
500 kcal of Dry Unenriched Pasta contain 1.9 times more Vitamin B1, 1.8 times more Vitamin B3 and 1.6 times more Vitamin B5 than Cooked Pasta.
Both Cooked Pasta and Dry Pasta provide similar amounts of Vitamin B6 per 500 calories.
500 calories of Cooked Pasta have insufficient amounts of Vitamin B1, Vitamin B3 and Vitamin B5
Both Cooked Pasta as well as Dry Unenriched Pasta have insufficient amounts of Vitamin A, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B9, Vitamin B12, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin E and Vitamin K in 500 calories.
Comparing minerals per 500 calories for Cooked Pasta vs Dry Pasta:
500 kcal of Dry Unenriched Pasta contain 1.3 times more Magnesium and 1.4 times more Phosphorus than Cooked Pasta.
Both Cooked Pasta and Dry Pasta contain similar levels of Copper, Iron, Manganese, Selenium and Zinc per 500 calories.
Both Cooked Pasta as well as Dry Unenriched Pasta lack sufficient amounts of Calcium and Potassium in 500 calories.
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 500 calories:
500 calories of Cooked Pasta have 1.3 times more Fiber than Dry Pasta.
Both Cooked Pasta and Dry Pasta offer comparable quantities of Energy, Carbohydrate and Protein per 500 calories.
Both Cooked Pasta as well as Dry Unenriched Pasta provide inadequate amounts of Omega 3 and Omega 6 in 500 calories.