Brown Rice vs Raw Pasta: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is More Calories in Brown rice

At first glance, you can see that in brown rice is just a little more calories than in raw pasta.

Brown rice has 370 kcal per 100g and raw pasta 364 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 2%.

In brown rice and in raw pasta most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare brown rice with raw pasta in details.

Fact 2: Brown rice And Raw pasta Nutrition Difference

• Calories: brown rice - 2% more than raw pasta
• Carbohydrates: brown rice - 1% more than raw pasta
• Fat: brown rice - 72% more than raw pasta
• Saturated fat: brown rice - 58% more than raw pasta
• Dietary fiber: brown rice - 46% more than raw pasta
• Protein: raw pasta - 45% more than brown rice

Less protein in brown rice

It is aslo easy to see see that in brown rice is less protein than in raw pasta.

There is 11g per 100g of raw pasta and 7.6g per 100g of brown rice so using simple math we can see that difference is about 45%.

More carbohydrates in brown rice

In brown rice is more carbohydrates than in raw pasta.

There is 77.6g/100g of carbohydrates in raw pasta and 78.68g/100g in brown rice so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 1%.

More fat in brown rice

In brown rice is more fats than in raw pasta.

The tables above show us that there is 1.6g/100g of fats in raw pasta and 2.75g/100g in brown rice. In this case difference is about 72%.

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