Chicken meat vs. Lasagne — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between chicken meat and lasagne?

Chicken meat is richer in vitamin B3, vitamin B6, selenium, vitamin B5, zinc, phosphorus, and choline, while lasagne is higher in manganese.
Chicken meat's daily need coverage for vitamin B3 is 43% higher.
Lasagne has 5 times less cholesterol than chicken meat. Chicken meat has 88mg of cholesterol, while lasagne has 17mg.
Lasagne has a higher glycemic index (28) than chicken meat (0).

We used Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Lasagna with meat sauce, frozen, prepared types in this comparison.

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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

Lasagne

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+15%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+13.8%
Contains more IronIron	+77.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+123%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+58.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-78%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+50.3%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+486.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+36.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+865%

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

Lasagne

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+17.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+127%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+455.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+218.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+227.9%
Contains more CholineCholine	+184.1%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+214.8%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+11.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+191.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+380%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0.33µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	1.528mg	43%
Protein	27.3g	7.28g	40%
Cholesterol	88mg	17mg	24%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.122mg	21%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	0.433g	17%
Selenium	23.9µg	15.9µg	15%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	0.323mg	14%
Sodium	82mg	373mg	13%
Fats	13.6g	4.92g	13%
Zinc	1.94mg	0.87mg	10%
Phosphorus	182mg	115mg	10%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	1.758g	9%
Choline	65.9mg	23.2mg	8%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.193mg	8%
Saturated fat	3.79g	2.348g	7%
Calcium	15mg	88mg	7%
Iron	1.26mg	0.71mg	7%
Fiber	0g	1.7g	7%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.074mg	7%
Folate	5µg	24µg	5%
Calories	239kcal	135kcal	5%
Carbs	0g	15.36g	5%
Vitamin E	0.27mg	0.85mg	4%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	7µg	4%
Starch		9.83g	4%
Copper	0.066mg	0.09mg	3%
Vitamin C	0mg	2.5mg	3%
Potassium	223mg	196mg	1%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	0.33µg	1%
Fructose		1.04g	1%
Magnesium	23mg	20mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.07mg	1%
Vitamin A	48µg	41µg	1%
Net carbs	0g	13.66g	N/A
Vitamin D	2IU	1IU	0%
Sugar	0g	3.11g	N/A
Trans fat		0.196g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.085mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	0.219mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	0.224mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	0.578mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	0.486mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.164mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	0.329mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	0.285mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	0.183mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.026g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0.003g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.006g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.005g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.322g	N/A