Bulgur, cooked leads 6–3 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Bulgur, cooked: 100 g · Pasta, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Bulgur, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bulgur, cooked for more fiber, less sugar, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Pasta, cooked for more protein, less sodium and more iron.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy83 kcal158 kcal
- Proteinmore is better3.08 g5.8 gWIN
- Carbohydrate18.58 g30.86 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN4.5 g1.8 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0.1 g0.56 g
- Total fat0.24 g0.93 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.04 g0.18 g
- Sodiumless is better5 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN68 mg44 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN10 mg7 mg
- Ironmore is better0.96 mg1.28 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN32 mg18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 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.

