White rice, cooked leads 5–4 · 9 categories decided · 1 tie
Couscous, cooked: 100 g · White rice, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
White rice, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 9 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Couscous, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat and more potassium.
Pick White rice, cooked for less sugar, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy112 kcal130 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN3.79 g2.69 g
- Carbohydrate23.22 g28.17 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN1.4 g0.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better0.1 g0.05 gWIN
- Total fat0.16 g0.28 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is better5 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN58 mg35 mg
- Calciummore is better8 mg10 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.38 mg1.2 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better8 mg12 mgWIN
- 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.

