Couscous vs Bread: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Couscous has 376 kcal and Bread has 266 kcal, so Bread has 29% fewer calories.

Couscous has more protein (12.8 g vs 8.85 g). Couscous has more fiber (5 g vs 2.7 g). Bread has more fat (3.33 g vs 0.64 g).

Couscous - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Couscous - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Couscous
Serving size:
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tablespoon (15g)glass (200g)cup cooked (157g)cup raw (183g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Bread
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one bread (450g)slice (35g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Couscous vs Bread 100g Compare


per 100gCouscousBread
Calories376 266
Carbohydrates77.43 g49.42 g
Fat0.64 g3.33 g
Saturated fat0.12 g0.82 g
Dietary fiber5 g2.7 g
Protein12.76 g8.85 g
Water8.56 g36.42 g
Calcium24 mg144 mg
Iron1.08 mg3.61 mg
Magnessium44 mg23 mg
Potassium166 mg126 mg
Sodium10 mg490 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.163 mg0.533 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.078 mg0.243 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)3.49 mg4.78 mg
Vitaminium B60.11 mg0.087 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.02 µg0.171 µg
Vitaminium E0.13 mg0.22 mg

More Calories in Couscous

At first glance, you can see that in couscous is more calories than in bread.

Couscous has 376 kcal per 100g and bread 266 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 41%.

In couscous and in bread most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare couscous with bread in details.

Couscous 100g

376kcal

Calories source

  • 85% CARBS.
  • 14% PROTEIN
  • 2% FAT

Bread 100g

266kcal

Calories source

  • 75% CARBS
  • 13% PROTEIN
  • 11% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.