Chicken meat vs. Salami — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are chicken meat and salami different?

Chicken meat has more vitamin B3; however, salami is richer in vitamin B12, manganese, copper, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, selenium, and zinc.
Salami covers your daily need for sodium, 72% more than chicken meat.
Chicken meat contains less saturated fat.
Salami has a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of salami is 28, while the glycemic index of chicken meat is 0.

Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Salami, cooked, beef, and pork types were 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

Salami

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+21.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-95.3%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+41.7%
Contains more IronIron	+23.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+440.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+51%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+4790%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+31%

~equal in Calcium ~15mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~191mg

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

Salami

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+22.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+40.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+66.7%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+482.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+112.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+16.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+14.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+406.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+33.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+41.9%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	82mg	1740mg	72%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	1.52µg	51%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.978mg	42%
Copper	0.066mg	0.357mg	32%
Saturated fat	3.79g	9.316g	25%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.367mg	25%
Fats	13.6g	25.9g	19%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.357mg	15%
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	6.053mg	15%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	11.127g	14%
Selenium	23.9µg	31.3µg	13%
Protein	27.3g	21.85g	11%
Zinc	1.94mg	2.93mg	9%
Vitamin D	0µg	1µg	5%
Vitamin A	48µg	0µg	5%
Calories	239kcal	336kcal	5%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.459mg	5%
Choline	65.9mg	93.5mg	5%
Vitamin D	2IU	41IU	5%
Iron	1.26mg	1.56mg	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	2.529g	3%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	1.201mg	3%
Potassium	223mg	316mg	3%
Phosphorus	182mg	191mg	1%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	3.2µg	1%
Folate	5µg	3µg	1%
Magnesium	23mg	19mg	1%
Carbs	0g	2.4g	1%
Net carbs	0g	2.4g	N/A
Cholesterol	88mg	89mg	0%
Calcium	15mg	15mg	0%
Sugar	0g	0.96g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.27mg	0.22mg	0%
Trans fat		0.586g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.114mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	0.521mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	0.675mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	0.929mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	1.107mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.301mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	0.481mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	0.668mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	0.359mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.126g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.084g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		2.104g	N/A