Spaghetti, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 2 ties
Spaghetti, cooked: 100 g · White rice, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Spaghetti, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Spaghetti, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick White rice, cooked for less sodium and more iron.
Evenly matched on calcium and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy164 kcal130 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN8.86 g2.69 g
- Carbohydrate30.88 g28.17 g
- Fibermore is betterWIN2 g0.4 g
- Total sugarsless is better—0.05 g
- Total fat0.21 g0.28 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.03 g0.08 g
- Sodiumless is better5 mg1 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN42 mg35 mg
- Calciummore is better10 mg10 mg
- Ironmore is better0.72 mg1.2 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN30 mg12 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.

