Chicken meat vs. Wafer — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between chicken meat and wafer?

Chicken meat is richer in vitamin B3, selenium, vitamin B6, and vitamin B5, while wafer is higher in copper, iron, manganese, and fiber.
Wafer's daily need coverage for copper is 44% higher.
Wafer has 44 times less cholesterol than chicken meat. Chicken meat has 88mg of cholesterol, while wafer has 2mg.
Wafer has a higher glycemic index (61) than chicken meat (0).

We used Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Cookies, chocolate wafers 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

Wafer

Contains more ZincZinc	+78%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+37.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-85.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+319.3%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+130.4%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+106.7%
Contains more IronIron	+218.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+601.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+3380%

~equal in Potassium ~210mg

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

Wafer

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+1500%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+197%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+170.3%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+684.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+233.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+360.8%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+166.7%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+222.2%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+58.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+840%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~2.4µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	0.066mg	0.463mg	44%
Protein	27.3g	6.6g	41%
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	2.858mg	35%
Iron	1.26mg	4.01mg	34%
Selenium	23.9µg	5.7µg	33%
Cholesterol	88mg	2mg	29%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.696mg	29%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.051mg	27%
Carbs	0g	72.7g	24%
Sodium	82mg	580mg	22%
Fiber	0g	3.4g	14%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	0.381mg	13%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.203mg	12%
Folate	5µg	47µg	11%
Calories	239kcal	433kcal	10%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	0.09µg	9%
Choline	65.9mg	14.3mg	9%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	4.153g	8%
Zinc	1.94mg	1.09mg	8%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.266mg	8%
Phosphorus	182mg	132mg	7%
Magnesium	23mg	53mg	7%
Vitamin A	48µg	3µg	5%
Vitamin E	0.27mg	0.72mg	3%
Caffeine	0mg	10mg	3%
Saturated fat	3.79g	4.241g	2%
Calcium	15mg	31mg	2%
Fats	13.6g	14.2g	1%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	4.865g	1%
Net carbs	0g	69.3g	N/A
Vitamin D	2IU	0IU	0%
Potassium	223mg	210mg	0%
Sugar	0g	37.43g	N/A
Vitamin K	2.4µg	2.4µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.096mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	0.22mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	0.261mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	0.447mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	0.281mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.105mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	0.308mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	0.323mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	0.128mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0.003g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g	0.002g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0g	N/A