Parboiled Rice vs Quinoa: All Nutritional Differences

Fact 1: There is More Calories in Parboiled rice

At first glance, you can see that in parboiled rice is just a little more calories than in quinoa.

Parboiled rice has 374 kcal per 100g and quinoa 368 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 2%.

In parboiled rice and in quinoa most calories came from carbs.

See tables below to compare parboiled rice with quinoa in details.

Fact 2: Parboiled rice And Quinoa Nutrition Difference

• Calories: parboiled rice - 2% more than quinoa
• Carbohydrates: parboiled rice - 26% more than quinoa
• Fat: quinoa - 489% more than parboiled rice
• Dietary fiber: quinoa - 289% more than parboiled rice
• Protein: quinoa - 88% more than parboiled rice

Less protein in parboiled rice

It is aslo easy to see see that in parboiled rice is less protein than in quinoa.

There is 14.12g per 100g of quinoa and 7.51g per 100g of parboiled rice so using simple math we can see that difference is about 88%.

More carbohydrates in parboiled rice

In parboiled rice is more carbohydrates than in quinoa.

There is 64.16g/100g of carbohydrates in quinoa and 80.89g/100g in parboiled rice so let me do the math for you again - difference is about 26%.

Less fat in parboiled rice

In parboiled rice is less fats than in quinoa.

The tables above show us that there is 6.07g/100g of fats in quinoa and 1.03g/100g in parboiled rice. In this case difference is about 489%.

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