Chicken meat vs. Pork spare ribs — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between chicken meat and pork spare ribs?

Chicken meat is higher in vitamin B3, vitamin B5, and phosphorus; however, pork spare ribs are richer in vitamin B1, vitamin D, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, and zinc.
Chicken meat's daily need coverage for vitamin B3 is 24% more.
Pork spare ribs contain 2 times less vitamin B5 than chicken meat. Chicken meat contains 1.03mg of vitamin B5, while pork spare ribs contain 0.625mg.
Chicken meat has less saturated fat.

We used Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Pork, fresh, spareribs, separable lean, and fat, raw types 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

Pork spare ribs

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+43.8%
Contains more IronIron	+38.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+29.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+100%

Contains more CopperCopper	+21.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+28.9%

~equal in Calcium ~15mg

~equal in Potassium ~242mg

~equal in Sodium ~81mg

~equal in Selenium ~22µg

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

Pork spare ribs

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+82%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+64.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+37%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+406.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+49.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+43.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+26.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Choline ~59.7mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Protein	27.3g	15.47g	24%
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	4.662mg	24%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.319mg	21%
Saturated fat	3.79g	7.529g	17%
Fats	13.6g	23.4g	15%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.574mg	13%
Vitamin D	0µg	2.3µg	12%
Vitamin D	2IU	91IU	11%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	8.542g	8%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	0.625mg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	3.953g	7%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.251mg	6%
Phosphorus	182mg	141mg	6%
Zinc	1.94mg	2.5mg	5%
Vitamin A	48µg	0µg	5%
Iron	1.26mg	0.91mg	4%
Selenium	23.9µg	22µg	3%
Cholesterol	88mg	80mg	3%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	0.38µg	3%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	0µg	2%
Calories	239kcal	277kcal	2%
Copper	0.066mg	0.08mg	2%
Magnesium	23mg	16mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.27mg	0.37mg	1%
Folate	5µg	0µg	1%
Choline	65.9mg	59.7mg	1%
Potassium	223mg	242mg	1%
Calcium	15mg	15mg	0%
Sodium	82mg	81mg	0%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.01mg	0%
Trans fat		0.222g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.163mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	0.695mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	0.761mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	1.318mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	1.435mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.426mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	0.65mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	0.809mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	0.668mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.081g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.079g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		3.146g	N/A