Chicken breast vs. Beefsteak — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between chicken breast and beefsteak?

Chicken breast is higher in vitamin B3 and vitamin B5, yet beefsteak is higher in vitamin B12, zinc, iron, and monounsaturated fat.
Chicken breast's daily need coverage for vitamin B3 is 49% more.
Chicken breast has 2 times more vitamin B5 than beefsteak. While chicken breast has 1.04mg of vitamin B5, beefsteak has only 0.527mg.
The amount of saturated fat in chicken breast is lower.

We used Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, fried and Beef, loin, top loin, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, select, cooked, grilled types 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.

Chicken breast

Beefsteak

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+34.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+15.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+133.3%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+37.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+23.2%
Contains more IronIron	+43%
Contains more CopperCopper	+35.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+349.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-27.8%

~equal in Selenium ~28.8µg

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.

Chicken breast

Beefsteak

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+111.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+97.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+50%

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+12%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+273%
Contains more FolateFolate	+100%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.45mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.078mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.585mg

~equal in Choline ~101.8mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	14.782mg	6.978mg	49%
Vitamin B12	0.37µg	1.38µg	42%
Zinc	1.08mg	4.85mg	34%
Saturated fat	1.29g	5.951g	21%
Fats	4.71g	15.11g	16%
Protein	33.44g	26.72g	13%
Monounsaturated fat	1.72g	6.298g	11%
Vitamin B5	1.04mg	0.527mg	10%
Iron	1.14mg	1.63mg	6%
Selenium	26.2µg	28.8µg	5%
Phosphorus	246mg	213mg	5%
Cholesterol	91mg	79mg	4%
Vitamin B6	0.64mg	0.585mg	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.07g	0.56g	3%
Calories	187kcal	250kcal	3%
Potassium	276mg	340mg	2%
Magnesium	31mg	23mg	2%
Copper	0.054mg	0.073mg	2%
Vitamin A	7µg	0µg	1%
Choline	95.9mg	101.8mg	1%
Folate	4µg	8µg	1%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	1.6µg	1%
Calcium	16mg	22mg	1%
Vitamin D	5IU		1%
Vitamin B2	0.125mg	0.14mg	1%
Sodium	79mg	57mg	1%
Manganese	0.021mg	0.009mg	1%
Vitamin D	0.1µg		1%
Carbs	0.51g	0g	0%
Net carbs	0.51g	0g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.42mg	0.45mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.079mg	0.078mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.39mg	0.173mg	0%
Threonine	1.412mg	1.054mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.765mg	1.201mg	0%
Leucine	2.509mg	2.099mg	0%
Lysine	2.836mg	2.23mg	0%
Methionine	0.925mg	0.687mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.328mg	1.042mg	0%
Valine	1.659mg	1.309mg	0%
Histidine	1.037mg	0.842mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.03g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0g	N/A