Bison meat vs. Lamb ribs — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are bison meat and lamb ribs different?

Bison meat is richer in vitamin B12, selenium, iron, vitamin B6, and phosphorus, while lamb ribs is higher in vitamin B3.
Lamb ribs covers your daily need for saturated fat, 59% more than bison meat.
Bison meat contains 4 times more vitamin B6 than lamb ribs. Bison meat contains 0.4mg of vitamin B6, while lamb ribs contains 0.11mg.
Bison meat is lower in cholesterol.

Game meat, bison, separable lean only, cooked, roasted and Lamb, domestic, rib, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, roasted 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.

Bison meat

Lamb ribs

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+30%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+33.2%
Contains more IronIron	+113.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+25.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-21.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+62.8%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+175%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+137.5%

~equal in Copper ~0.115mg

~equal in Zinc ~3.49mg

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.

Bison meat

Lamb ribs

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+260%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+28.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+263.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+28.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+81.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+87.5%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.09mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	0.91g	12.77g	54%
Fats	2.42g	29.82g	42%
Monounsaturated fat	0.95g	12.52g	29%
Vitamin B12	2.86µg	2.23µg	26%
Selenium	35.5µg	21.8µg	25%
Iron	3.42mg	1.6mg	23%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.11mg	22%
Choline	114.8mg		21%
Vitamin B3	3.71mg	6.75mg	19%
Protein	28.44g	21.12g	15%
Vitamin B5		0.63mg	13%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.24g	2.17g	13%
Calories	143kcal	359kcal	11%
Phosphorus	209mg	166mg	6%
Cholesterol	82mg	97mg	5%
Vitamin B2	0.27mg	0.21mg	5%
Potassium	361mg	271mg	3%
Zinc	3.68mg	3.49mg	2%
Folate	8µg	15µg	2%
Vitamin E	0.36mg	0.1mg	2%
Calcium	8mg	22mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.1mg	0.09mg	1%
Sodium	57mg	73mg	1%
Copper	0.107mg	0.115mg	1%
Vitamin K	1.3µg		1%
Magnesium	26mg	20mg	1%
Manganese	0.008mg	0.019mg	0%
Tryptophan		0.247mg	0%
Threonine	1.171mg	0.904mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.198mg	1.019mg	0%
Leucine	2.21mg	1.642mg	0%
Lysine	2.219mg	1.865mg	0%
Methionine	0.674mg	0.542mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.065mg	0.86mg	0%
Valine	1.287mg	1.139mg	0%
Histidine	0.754mg	0.669mg	0%