Chicken wings vs. Lamb shoulder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between chicken wings and lamb shoulder?

Chicken wings are higher in vitamin B6, yet lamb shoulder is higher in vitamin B12, zinc, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B3, vitamin B2, and copper.
Lamb shoulder's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 96% more.
Chicken wings have 5 times more sodium than lamb shoulder. While chicken wings have 320mg of sodium, lamb shoulder has only 65mg.

We used Chicken, broilers or fryers, wing, meat, and skin, cooked, fried, batter and Lamb, domestic, shoulder, arm, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, roasted 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 wings

Lamb shoulder

Contains more ManganeseManganese

+185.7%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+43.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+87.7%
Contains more IronIron	+57.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+79.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+224.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+51.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-79.7%

~equal in Calcium ~18mg

~equal in Selenium ~25.4µg

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 wings

Lamb shoulder

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+17.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+150%

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+64.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+26.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+920%
Contains more FolateFolate	+11.1%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0.71mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.25µg	2.55µg	96%
Zinc	1.38mg	4.48mg	28%
Polyunsaturated fat	5.07g	1.61g	23%
Vitamin B6	0.3mg	0.12mg	14%
Saturated fat	5.83g	8.74g	13%
Sodium	320mg	65mg	11%
Vitamin B3	5.265mg	6.66mg	9%
Iron	1.29mg	2.03mg	9%
Phosphorus	121mg	183mg	9%
Vitamin B2	0.152mg	0.25mg	8%
Copper	0.063mg	0.113mg	6%
Protein	19.87g	22.53g	5%
Cholesterol	79mg	92mg	4%
Carbs	10.94g	0g	4%
Vitamin A	34µg	0µg	4%
Potassium	138mg	259mg	4%
Monounsaturated fat	8.96g	8.3g	2%
Calories	324kcal	279kcal	2%
Magnesium	16mg	23mg	2%
Manganese	0.06mg	0.021mg	2%
Fats	21.81g	20.24g	2%
Selenium	25.7µg	25.4µg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.106mg	0.09mg	1%
Vitamin E		0.14mg	1%
Fiber	0.3g	0g	1%
Folate	18µg	20µg	1%
Net carbs	10.64g	0g	N/A
Calcium	20mg	18mg	0%
Vitamin B5	0.71mg	0.71mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.219mg	0.263mg	0%
Threonine	0.795mg	0.964mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.941mg	1.087mg	0%
Leucine	1.421mg	1.753mg	0%
Lysine	1.474mg	1.99mg	0%
Methionine	0.499mg	0.578mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.785mg	0.917mg	0%
Valine	0.953mg	1.216mg	0%
Histidine	0.547mg	0.714mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g		N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g		N/A