Chicken meat vs. Chicken breast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between chicken meat and chicken breast

Chicken meat has more zinc, polyunsaturated fat, and monounsaturated fat; however, chicken breast has more vitamin B3, vitamin B6, phosphorus, and choline.
Chicken breast's daily need coverage for vitamin B3 is 39% more.
Chicken meat has 3 times more monounsaturated fat than chicken breast. Chicken meat has 5.34g of monounsaturated fat, while chicken breast has 1.72g.
Chicken breast is lower in saturated fat.

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

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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 meat

Chicken breast

Contains more CopperCopper	+22.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+79.6%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+34.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+23.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+35.2%

~equal in Calcium ~16mg

~equal in Iron ~1.14mg

~equal in Sodium ~79mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.021mg

~equal in Selenium ~26.2µg

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 meat

Chicken breast

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+585.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+34.4%
Contains more FolateFolate	+25%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+55.6%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+25.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+74.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+60%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+23.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+45.5%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~1.04mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~2.4µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	14.782mg	39%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.64mg	18%
Fats	13.6g	4.71g	14%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	1.07g	13%
Protein	27.3g	33.44g	12%
Saturated fat	3.79g	1.29g	11%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	1.72g	9%
Phosphorus	182mg	246mg	9%
Zinc	1.94mg	1.08mg	8%
Vitamin A	48µg	7µg	5%
Choline	65.9mg	95.9mg	5%
Selenium	23.9µg	26.2µg	4%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	0.37µg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.125mg	3%
Calories	239kcal	187kcal	3%
Iron	1.26mg	1.14mg	2%
Potassium	223mg	276mg	2%
Magnesium	23mg	31mg	2%
Cholesterol	88mg	91mg	1%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.1µg	1%
Copper	0.066mg	0.054mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.079mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.27mg	0.42mg	1%
Net carbs	0g	0.51g	N/A
Carbs	0g	0.51g	0%
Vitamin D	2IU	5IU	0%
Calcium	15mg	16mg	0%
Sodium	82mg	79mg	0%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.021mg	0%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	1.04mg	0%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	2.4µg	0%
Folate	5µg	4µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.39mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	1.412mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	1.765mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	2.509mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	2.836mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.925mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	1.328mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	1.659mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	1.037mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g	0.03g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0.02g	N/A