Couscous vs Bread: Health Insights

Less Calories in Couscous

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

Couscous has 112 kcal per 100g and bread 266 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 138%.

In couscous and in bread most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare couscous with bread in details.

Couscous And Bread Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  bread - 138% more than couscous
• Carbohydrates:
  bread - 113% more than couscous
• Fat:
  bread - 1981% more than couscous
• Dietary fiber:
  bread - 93% more than couscous
• Protein:
  bread - 134% more than couscous
• Water:
  couscous - 99% more than bread

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Less protein in couscous

It is aslo easy to see see that in couscous is less protein than in bread.

There is 8.85g per 100g of bread and 3.79g per 100g of couscous so using simple math we can see that difference is about 134%.

Less carbohydrates in couscous

In couscous is less carbohydrates than in bread.

There is 49.42g/100g of carbohydrates in bread and 23.22g/100g in couscous so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 113%.

Less fat in couscous

In couscous is less fats than in bread.

The tables above show us that there is 3.33g/100g of fats in bread and 0.16g/100g in couscous. In this case difference is about 1981%.