Mothbeans vs. Spaghetti — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between mothbeans and spaghetti

Mothbeans has more folate, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese, vitamin B1, potassium, copper, and vitamin B5; however, spaghetti is richer in selenium.
Spaghetti covers your daily selenium needs 43% more than mothbeans.
Spaghetti has 20 times less folate than mothbeans. Mothbeans has 143µg of folate, while spaghetti has 7µg.
Spaghetti has a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of spaghetti is 49, while the glycemic index of mothbeans is 30.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Mothbeans, mature seeds, cooked, boiled, without salt and Pasta, cooked, unenriched, without added salt.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Mothbeans

Spaghetti

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+477.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+590.9%
Contains more IronIron	+528%
Contains more CopperCopper	+64%
Contains more ZincZinc	+15.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+158.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+63.7%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+133.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-90%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+842.9%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Mothbeans

Spaghetti

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+520%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+15%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+67%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+249.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+89.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1942.9%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	2.8µg	26.4µg	43%
Folate	143µg	7µg	34%
Iron	3.14mg	0.5mg	33%
Magnesium	104mg	18mg	20%
Phosphorus	150mg	58mg	13%
Starch		26.01g	11%
Manganese	0.527mg	0.322mg	9%
Vitamin B1	0.124mg	0.02mg	9%
Potassium	304mg	44mg	8%
Fiber		1.8g	7%
Copper	0.164mg	0.1mg	7%
Vitamin B5	0.391mg	0.112mg	6%
Protein	7.81g	5.8g	4%
Carbs	20.96g	30.86g	3%
Vitamin B6	0.093mg	0.049mg	3%
Calories	117kcal	158kcal	2%
Vitamin B3	0.668mg	0.4mg	2%
Fats	0.55g	0.93g	1%
Vitamin C	1mg	0mg	1%
Zinc	0.59mg	0.51mg	1%
Choline		6.4mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	6.7g	3.7g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	150kcal	272kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	85g	63g	N/A
Net carbs	20.96g	29.06g	N/A
Calcium	3mg	7mg	0%
Sugar		0.56g	N/A
Sodium	10mg	1mg	0%
Vitamin A	1µg	0µg	0%
Vitamin E		0.06mg	0%
Vitamin B2	0.023mg	0.02mg	0%
Saturated fat	0.124g	0.176g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.044g	0.131g	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.256g	0.326g	0%
Tryptophan	0.05mg	0.083mg	0%
Threonine		0.206mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.388mg	0.228mg	0%
Leucine	0.525mg	0.44mg	0%
Lysine	0.425mg	0.133mg	0%
Methionine	0.075mg	0.065mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.35mg	0.297mg	0%
Valine	0.25mg	0.262mg	0%
Histidine	0.263mg	0.132mg	0%
Fructose		0.03g	0%
Omega-3 - ALA		0.024g	N/A