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

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Significant differences between chicken meat and chicken wings

Chicken meat has more vitamin B3, phosphorus, vitamin B6, vitamin B5, and zinc; however, chicken wings are richer in monounsaturated fat.
Chicken meat covers your daily vitamin B3 needs 20% more than chicken wings.
Chicken wings have 2 times less potassium than chicken meat. Chicken meat has 223mg of potassium, while chicken wings have 138mg.
Chicken meat contains less saturated fat.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Chicken, broilers or fryers, wing, meat, and skin, cooked, fried, batter.

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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 wings

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+43.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+61.6%
Contains more ZincZinc	+40.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+50.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-74.4%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+33.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+200%

~equal in Iron ~1.29mg

~equal in Copper ~0.063mg

~equal in Selenium ~25.7µg

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 wings

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+41.2%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+61.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+45.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+33.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+20%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+68.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+260%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.152mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	5.265mg	20%
Protein	27.3g	19.87g	15%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	5.07g	14%
Fats	13.6g	21.81g	13%
Choline	65.9mg		12%
Sodium	82mg	320mg	10%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	8.96g	9%
Saturated fat	3.79g	5.83g	9%
Phosphorus	182mg	121mg	9%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.3mg	8%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	0.71mg	6%
Zinc	1.94mg	1.38mg	5%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.106mg	4%
Calories	239kcal	324kcal	4%
Carbs	0g	10.94g	4%
Selenium	23.9µg	25.7µg	3%
Folate	5µg	18µg	3%
Cholesterol	88mg	79mg	3%
Potassium	223mg	138mg	3%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.06mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.27mg		2%
Magnesium	23mg	16mg	2%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	0.25µg	2%
Vitamin K	2.4µg		2%
Vitamin A	48µg	34µg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.152mg	1%
Calcium	15mg	20mg	1%
Fiber	0g	0.3g	1%
Net carbs	0g	10.64g	N/A
Vitamin D	2IU		0%
Iron	1.26mg	1.29mg	0%
Copper	0.066mg	0.063mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.219mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	0.795mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	0.941mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	1.421mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	1.474mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.499mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	0.785mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	0.953mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	0.547mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g	0.04g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0.02g	N/A