Chicken breast vs. Salami — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between chicken breast and salami

Chicken breast has more vitamin B3 and vitamin B6; however, salami has more vitamin B12, manganese, copper, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, and zinc.
Salami's daily need coverage for sodium is 72% more.
Chicken breast has 2 times more vitamin B3 than salami. Chicken breast has 14.782mg of vitamin B3, while salami has 6.053mg.
Chicken breast is lower in saturated fat.
Salami has a higher glycemic index than chicken breast.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, fried and Salami, cooked, beef, and pork.

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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

Salami

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+63.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+28.8%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-95.5%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+14.5%
Contains more IronIron	+36.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+561.1%
Contains more ZincZinc	+171.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+4557.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+19.5%

~equal in Calcium ~15mg

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

Salami

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+90.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+144.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+39.4%
Contains more FolateFolate	+33.3%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+900%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+364.6%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+185.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+15.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+310.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+33.3%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Choline ~93.5mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	79mg	1740mg	72%
Vitamin B3	14.782mg	6.053mg	55%
Vitamin B12	0.37µg	1.52µg	48%
Manganese	0.021mg	0.978mg	42%
Saturated fat	1.29g	9.316g	36%
Copper	0.054mg	0.357mg	34%
Fats	4.71g	25.9g	33%
Monounsaturated fat	1.72g	11.127g	24%
Vitamin B1	0.079mg	0.367mg	24%
Protein	33.44g	21.85g	23%
Vitamin B2	0.125mg	0.357mg	18%
Zinc	1.08mg	2.93mg	17%
Vitamin B6	0.64mg	0.459mg	14%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.07g	2.529g	10%
Selenium	26.2µg	31.3µg	9%
Phosphorus	246mg	191mg	8%
Calories	187kcal	336kcal	7%
Vitamin D	5IU	41IU	5%
Vitamin D	0.1µg	1µg	5%
Iron	1.14mg	1.56mg	5%
Vitamin B5	1.04mg	1.201mg	3%
Magnesium	31mg	19mg	3%
Vitamin E	0.42mg	0.22mg	1%
Vitamin A	7µg	0µg	1%
Potassium	276mg	316mg	1%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	3.2µg	1%
Cholesterol	91mg	89mg	1%
Carbs	0.51g	2.4g	1%
Net carbs	0.51g	2.4g	N/A
Calcium	16mg	15mg	0%
Sugar	0g	0.96g	N/A
Folate	4µg	3µg	0%
Trans fat		0.586g	N/A
Choline	95.9mg	93.5mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.39mg	0.114mg	0%
Threonine	1.412mg	0.521mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.765mg	0.675mg	0%
Leucine	2.509mg	0.929mg	0%
Lysine	2.836mg	1.107mg	0%
Methionine	0.925mg	0.301mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.328mg	0.481mg	0%
Valine	1.659mg	0.668mg	0%
Histidine	1.037mg	0.359mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.03g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.126g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.084g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		2.104g	N/A