Discover which food has more nutrients per 500 calories - Rice or Dry Pasta?
Lets compare vitamin content per 500 calories of Rice vs Dry Pasta:
500 calories of Rice have 2.4 times more Vitamin B5 than Dry Pasta.
While 500 kcal of Dry Unenriched Pasta contain 1.3 times more Vitamin B1 than Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice.
Both Rice and Dry Pasta provide similar amounts of Vitamin B3 and Vitamin B6 per 500 calories.
500 calories of Rice have insufficient amounts of Vitamin B1
Both Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice 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 Rice vs Dry Pasta:
500 calories of Rice have 1.2 times more Manganese than Dry Pasta.
While 500 kcal of Dry Unenriched Pasta contain 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 Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice.
500 calories of Rice lack sufficient amounts of Magnesium
Both Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice as well as Dry Unenriched Pasta lack sufficient amounts of Calcium and Potassium in 500 calories.
Comparison of macro-nutrients per 500 calories:
500 kcal of Dry Unenriched Pasta contain 2.4 times more Fiber and 1.8 times more Protein than Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice.
Both Rice and Dry Pasta offer comparable quantities of Energy and Carbohydrate per 500 calories.
500 calories of Rice provide inadequate amounts of Fiber
Both Raw Regular Long-grain White Rice as well as Dry Unenriched Pasta provide inadequate amounts of Omega 3 and Omega 6 in 500 calories.