Comparison

Whole Wheat Pasta, cooked vs Barley, cooked: Fiber Comparison

Whole Wheat Pasta, cooked carries more fiber per serving — 6.3g versus 6.0g for Barley, cooked. Here's the full breakdown.

Whole Wheat Pasta, cooked

6.3g per 1 cup (140g)
Soluble1.0g
Insoluble5.3g
Calories174
Protein7.5g

Barley, cooked

6.0g per 1 cup (157g)
Soluble2.2g
Insoluble3.8g
Calories193
Protein3.5g

The verdict

Whole Wheat Pasta, cooked and Barley, cooked are close on fiber, within 0.3g of each other per serving. At that gap, other factors — calories, protein, how each fits a given meal — matter more for choosing between them than fiber content alone.

Whole Wheat Pasta, cooked: 6.3g/serving Barley, cooked: 6.0g/serving Difference: 0.3g