Beef tenderloin vs. Porterhouse steak — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are beef tenderloin and porterhouse steak different?

Beef tenderloin has more vitamin B12, selenium, and monounsaturated fat; however, porterhouse steak is richer in vitamin B6 and vitamin B3.
Beef tenderloin covers your daily need for saturated fat, 12% more than porterhouse steak.
Porterhouse steak contains less saturated fat.

Beef, tenderloin, roast, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted and Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled types were used in this article.

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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.

Beef tenderloin

Porterhouse steak

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+28.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-12.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+16.8%

Contains more ZincZinc

+13.2%

~equal in Magnesium ~22mg

~equal in Potassium ~299mg

~equal in Iron ~2.94mg

~equal in Copper ~0.13mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~193mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.015mg

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.

Beef tenderloin

Porterhouse steak

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+14%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+12.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+14.3%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+40.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+25.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+46%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.099mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~91.3mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.46µg	2.18µg	12%
Saturated fat	9.72g	7.271g	11%
Vitamin B6	0.25mg	0.365mg	9%
Vitamin B3	3mg	4.21mg	8%
Fats	24.6g	19.27g	8%
Selenium	22.9µg	19.6µg	6%
Cholesterol	85mg	67mg	6%
Zinc	4.03mg	4.56mg	5%
Monounsaturated fat	10.27g	8.65g	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	1g	0.69g	2%
Vitamin B2	0.26mg	0.228mg	2%
Calories	324kcal	276kcal	2%
Iron	3.11mg	2.94mg	2%
Vitamin E		0.18mg	1%
Vitamin B5	0.25mg	0.314mg	1%
Copper	0.123mg	0.13mg	1%
Potassium	331mg	299mg	1%
Phosphorus	203mg	193mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.09mg	0.099mg	1%
Protein	23.9g	23.96g	0%
Magnesium	22mg	22mg	0%
Calcium	9mg	7mg	0%
Sodium	57mg	65mg	0%
Manganese	0.014mg	0.015mg	0%
Folate	8µg	7µg	0%
Choline	91mg	91.3mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.268mg	0.259mg	0%
Threonine	1.044mg	1.104mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.075mg	1.228mg	0%
Leucine	1.889mg	2.105mg	0%
Lysine	1.989mg	2.233mg	0%
Methionine	0.612mg	0.676mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.933mg	1.033mg	0%
Valine	1.163mg	1.288mg	0%
Histidine	0.818mg	0.775mg	0%