Chicken meat vs. Chuck steak — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are chicken meat and chuck steak different?

Chicken meat is higher in vitamin B3 and vitamin B5; however, chuck steak is richer in vitamin B12, zinc, iron, selenium, and monounsaturated fat.
Daily need coverage for vitamin B12 for chuck steak is 114% higher.
Chicken meat contains 2 times more vitamin B3 than chuck steak. While chicken meat contains 8.487mg of vitamin B3, chuck steak contains only 4.663mg.
Chicken meat has less saturated fat.

Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Beef, chuck eye steak, boneless, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled are the varieties 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.

Chicken meat

Chuck steak

Contains more ManganeseManganese

+66.7%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+45.7%
Contains more IronIron	+94.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+16.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+347.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-13.4%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+15.1%

~equal in Magnesium ~22mg

~equal in Calcium ~16mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~193mg

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

Chuck steak

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+585.7%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+170%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+82%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+37%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+50%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+13.7%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+910%
Contains more FolateFolate	+20%
Contains more CholineCholine	+19.9%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.066mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.373mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	3.03µg	114%
Zinc	1.94mg	8.68mg	61%
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	4.663mg	24%
Saturated fat	3.79g	8.66g	22%
Iron	1.26mg	2.45mg	15%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	0.81g	14%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	9.457g	10%
Fats	13.6g	19.64g	9%
Selenium	23.9µg	27.5µg	7%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	0.752mg	6%
Protein	27.3g	24.98g	5%
Vitamin A	48µg	7µg	5%
Potassium	223mg	325mg	3%
Choline	65.9mg	79mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.373mg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.191mg	2%
Calories	239kcal	277kcal	2%
Phosphorus	182mg	193mg	2%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.1µg	1%
Vitamin E	0.27mg	0.1mg	1%
Copper	0.066mg	0.077mg	1%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	1.6µg	1%
Cholesterol	88mg	87mg	0%
Vitamin D	2IU	5IU	0%
Magnesium	23mg	22mg	0%
Calcium	15mg	16mg	0%
Sodium	82mg	71mg	0%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.012mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.066mg	0%
Folate	5µg	6µg	0%
Trans fat		1.287g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.281mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	1.099mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	1.062mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	2.009mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	2.184mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.709mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	0.951mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	1.129mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	0.809mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.041g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0.004g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.006g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.619g	N/A