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Cooked couscous: carbohydrates

Values per 100 g of “Couscous (precooked durum wheat semolina), cooked (without addition of fat and salt)”, from the Swiss Food Composition Database.

Carbohydrate per 100 g
31g
For 10 g of carbs
32g
For 1 bread unit (12 g)
39g

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Carbohydrate
31g
of which sugars
1.6 g
Bread units (12 g)
2.6

Carbohydrate: 31 g, or 2.6 bread units.

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Nutrition values

Nutrition values per 100 g
Cooked couscousPer 100 g
Energy667 kJ / 158 kcal
Fat1 g
of which saturates0.3 g
Available carbohydrate31 g
of which sugars1.6 g
Starch26.1 g
Dietary fibre2.3 g
Protein5 g
Salt0 g
Water60.6 g

Its carbohydrate is mostly starch. How to read these values

Breakdown of the carbohydrate
  • Sugars 5%
  • Starch 84%
  • Other 11%

Source: Swiss Food Composition Database, version 7.1, Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO). naehrwertdaten.ch

Similar foods

Same category of the Swiss database (Cereal products, pulses and potatoes › Other cereal products), in grams of carbohydrate per 100 g.

  • Cooked couscous (this page)31
  • Spätzli, fried (without added fat and salt)27.8
  • Durum wheat, precooked hulled grain, cooked (without addition of fat and salt)27.4
  • Spätzli, fried with butter26.2
  • Millet risotto, cooked24.8
  • Barley risotto, cooked22.3

All foods in the “Pasta, rice and grains” group

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