Potato vs Pasta: Make Healthy Choices

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Potato - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Potato - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Cooked pasta vs Potato: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gPotatoPasta
Calories77 131
Carbohydrates17.49 g24.93 g
Fat0.1 g1.05 g
Protein2.05 g5.15 g
Calcium12 mg6 mg
Iron0.81 mg1.14 mg
Magnessium23 mg18 mg
Phosphorus57 mg6 mg
Potassium425 mg24 mg
Sodium6 mg6 mg
Zink0.3 mg6 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.081 mg0.209 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.032 mg0.15 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)1.061 mg0.992 mg
Vitaminium B60.298 mg0.034 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)15 mg0.104 mg

Less Calories in Potato

At first glance, you can see that in potato is much less calories than in cooked pasta.

Potato has 77 kcal per 100g and cooked pasta 131 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 70%.

In potato and in cooked pasta most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare potato with cooked pasta in details.

Potato And Cooked pasta Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    cooked pasta - 70% more than potato
  • Carbohydrates:
    cooked pasta - 43% more than potato
  • Fat:
    cooked pasta - 950% more than potato
  • Protein:
    cooked pasta - 151% more than potato

Less protein in potato

It is aslo easy to see see that in potato is less protein than in cooked pasta.

There is 5.15g per 100g of cooked pasta and 2.05g per 100g of potato so using simple math we can see that difference is about 151%.

Less carbohydrates in potato

In potato is less carbohydrates than in cooked pasta.

There is 24.93g/100g of carbohydrates in cooked pasta and 17.49g/100g in potato so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 43%.

Less fat in potato

In potato is less fats than in cooked pasta.

The tables above show us that there is 1.05g/100g of fats in cooked pasta and 0.1g/100g in potato. In this case difference is about 950%.

Potato

77kcal
  • Calories77
  • Carbohydrates17.49 g
  • Fat0.1 g
  • Protein2.05 g
Potato calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece | cup | sliced

Calories source

  • 88% CARBS.
  • 10% PROTEIN
  • 1% FAT

Pasta

131kcal
  • Calories131
  • Carbohydrates24.93 g
  • Fat1.05 g
  • Protein5.15 g
Pasta calories per:
100g
| ounce | cup | cup | half cup

Calories source

  • 77% CARBS
  • 16% PROTEIN
  • 7% FAT

Vitamins: cooked pasta vs potato

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    cooked pasta - 158% more than potato
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    cooked pasta - 369% more than potato
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    potato - 7% more than cooked pasta
  • Vitaminium B6:
    potato - 776% more than cooked pasta
  • Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
    potato - 14323% more than cooked pasta

Minerals: potato vs cooked pasta

  • Calcium:
    potato - 100% more than cooked pasta
  • Iron:
    cooked pasta - 41% more than potato
  • Magnessium:
    potato - 28% more than cooked pasta
  • Phosphorus:
    potato - 850% more than cooked pasta
  • Potassium:
    potato - 1671% more than cooked pasta
  • Sodium:
    cooked pasta - 0% more than potato
  • Zink:
    cooked pasta - 1900% more than potato
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

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All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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