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Spaghetti, cooked
Spaghetti, cooked4
VS
White rice, cooked
White rice, cooked4

Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 1 tie

Both foods compared at 100 kcal.

The verdict

It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.

Pick Spaghetti, cooked for more protein, more fiber, less saturated fat and more magnesium.

Pick White rice, cooked for less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more iron.

Evenly matched on vitamin C.

Equal weight (per 100 g)Common servingEqual calories

Head-to-head

  • Energy
    100 kcal
    100 kcal
  • Proteinmore is better
    WIN5.4 g
    2.07 g
  • Carbohydrate
    18.83 g
    21.67 g
  • Fibermore is better
    WIN1.22 g
    0.31 g
  • Total sugarsless is better
    —
    0.04 g
  • Total fat
    0.13 g
    0.22 g
  • Saturated fatless is better
    WIN0.02 g
    0.06 g
  • Sodiumless is better
    3.05 mg
    0.77 mgWIN
  • Potassiummore is better
    25.61 mg
    26.92 mgWIN
  • Calciummore is better
    6.1 mg
    7.69 mgWIN
  • Ironmore is better
    0.44 mg
    0.92 mgWIN
  • Magnesiummore is better
    WIN18.29 mg
    9.23 mg
  • Vitamin Cmore is better
    0 mg
    0 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.

Spaghetti, cooked vs White rice, cooked · Foodatron