Chicken meat vs. Pot roast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between chicken meat and pot roast

Chicken meat has more vitamin B3, vitamin B5, and vitamin B6; however, pot roast has more vitamin B12, zinc, iron, fats, and choline.
Pot roast's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 76% more.
Chicken meat has 2 times more vitamin B3 than pot roast. Chicken meat has 8.487mg of vitamin B3, while pot roast has 4.105mg.
Chicken meat is lower in cholesterol.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Beef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Chicken meat

Pot roast

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+21.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+100%

Contains more IronIron	+92.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+50%
Contains more ZincZinc	+243.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-42.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+13%

~equal in Calcium ~16mg

~equal in Potassium ~231mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~174mg

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Chicken meat

Pot roast

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+106.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+80.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+41.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+33.3%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+88.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+610%
Contains more FolateFolate	+80%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.059mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.171mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	2.13µg	76%
Zinc	1.94mg	6.66mg	43%
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	4.105mg	27%
Saturated fat	3.79g	7.548g	17%
Iron	1.26mg	2.42mg	15%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	0.708g	15%
Fats	13.6g	19.17g	9%
Cholesterol	88mg	116mg	9%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	0.571mg	9%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.283mg	9%
Choline	65.9mg	110.2mg	8%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	8.175g	7%
Selenium	23.9µg	27µg	6%
Vitamin A	48µg	0µg	5%
Copper	0.066mg	0.099mg	4%
Calories	239kcal	297kcal	3%
Protein	27.3g	28.94g	3%
Sodium	82mg	47mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.27mg	0.51mg	2%
Vitamin D*	2 IU	8 IU	1%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.2µg	1%
Magnesium	23mg	19mg	1%
Phosphorus	182mg	174mg	1%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	1.8µg	1%
Folate	5µg	9µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	11g	9.7g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	88kcal	103kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	42g	34g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	2.2	1.2	N/A
Calcium	15mg	16mg	0%
Potassium	223mg	231mg	0%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.01mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.059mg	0%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.171mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.19mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	1.156mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	1.317mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	2.302mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	2.446mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.754mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	1.143mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	1.436mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	0.924mg	0%
Omega-3 (EPA)	0.01g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 (DHA)	0.04g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 (DPA)	0.02g	0g	N/A