Whole wheat pasta, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Whole wheat pasta, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Arrowroot flour for less saturated fat, less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Whole wheat pasta, cooked for more protein, more fiber, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better0.08 g3.66 gWIN
- Carbohydrate24.69 g19.82 g
- Fibermore is better0.95 g2.89 gWIN
- Total sugarsless is better—0.53 g
- Total fat0.03 g0.94 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.01 g0.15 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN0.56 mg3.77 mg
- Potassiummore is better3.08 mg48.43 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN11.2 mg7.55 mg
- Ironmore is better0.09 mg1.04 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better0.84 mg28.3 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg—
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

