Pasta
as eaten · per 100 g: 157 kcal · 5.8 g protein · 1.8 g fiber
satiety per calorie · 0–100 · not a virtue scale
Why this score
easy to overeatDense calories with little protein, volume or fiber to fill you up.
Three routes to fullness — one is enough
What pulls it down
Nothing here converges the way engineered food does — no sugar, no savoury and no alcohol penalty.
Per
- Calories
- 157
- Protein
- (15%)
- 6 g
- Fat
- (5%)
- 1 g
- Carbohydrates
- (80%)
- 31 g
- of which sugar
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 131 mg
Percentages are the share of calories from each macronutrient.
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Compare Pasta with another food
Recipes with pasta
- 46Turkish pasta528 kcal · 36 g protein per serving
- 54Ditalini chopped salad265 kcal · 11 g protein per serving
- 43Classic lasagna482 kcal · 33 g protein per serving
- 29Mac and cheese571 kcal · 24 g protein per serving
- 47Cottage cheese mac and cheese318 kcal · 20 g protein per serving
- 50Cottage cheese lasagna446 kcal · 34 g protein per serving
- 45Spaghetti and meatballs656 kcal · 38 g protein per serving
- 39Baked feta pasta649 kcal · 25 g protein per serving
- 37Italian pasta salad410 kcal · 16 g protein per serving
- 41Shrimp scampi518 kcal · 28 g protein per serving
- 35Spaghetti carbonara672 kcal · 36 g protein per serving
- 32Spaghetti aglio e olio732 kcal · 22 g protein per serving
- 37Macaroni salad315 kcal · 9 g protein per serving
- 34Chicken alfredo940 kcal · 50 g protein per serving
- 41Baked ziti712 kcal · 41 g protein per serving
- 42Cauliflower mac and cheese436 kcal · 19 g protein per serving
Per 100 g. Source: usda-sr-legacy #169751 — listed by USDA as “Pasta, cooked, enriched, with added salt”. Every number is traceable, every score recomputable. The score measures satiety per calorie. It is not a virtue scale, and no food here is forbidden. How the score works.