Chuck steak vs. Pot roast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between chuck steak and pot roast

Chuck steak has more vitamin B12, zinc, vitamin B6, and monounsaturated fat, while pot roast has more choline.
Chuck steak covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 38% more than pot roast.
The amount of saturated fat in pot roast is lower.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Beef, chuck eye steak, boneless, separable lean,, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled and Beef, chuck, arm pot roast, separable lean,, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, braised.

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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.

Chuck steak

Pot roast

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+15.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+40.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+30.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+20%

Contains more CopperCopper	+28.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-33.8%

~equal in Calcium ~16mg

~equal in Iron ~2.42mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~174mg

~equal in Selenium ~27µg

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.

Chuck steak

Pot roast

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+11.9%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+11.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+13.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+31.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+31.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+42.3%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+410%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+100%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+12.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+50%
Contains more CholineCholine	+39.5%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	3.03µg	2.13µg	38%
Zinc	8.68mg	6.66mg	18%
Cholesterol	87mg	116mg	10%
Protein	24.98g	28.94g	8%
Vitamin B6	0.373mg	0.283mg	7%
Choline	79mg	110.2mg	6%
Saturated fat	8.66g	7.548g	5%
Vitamin B5	0.752mg	0.571mg	4%
Vitamin E	0.1mg	0.51mg	3%
Phosphorus	193mg	174mg	3%
Vitamin B3	4.663mg	4.105mg	3%
Potassium	325mg	231mg	3%
Monounsaturated fat	9.457g	8.175g	3%
Copper	0.077mg	0.099mg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.191mg	0.171mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.81g	0.708g	1%
Folate	6µg	9µg	1%
Calories	277kcal	297kcal	1%
Vitamin B1	0.066mg	0.059mg	1%
Selenium	27.5µg	27µg	1%
Vitamin D	0.1µg	0.2µg	1%
Vitamin A	7µg	0µg	1%
Sodium	71mg	47mg	1%
Magnesium	22mg	19mg	1%
Fats	19.64g	19.17g	1%
Vitamin D	5IU	8IU	0%
Calcium	16mg	16mg	0%
Iron	2.45mg	2.42mg	0%
Manganese	0.012mg	0.01mg	0%
Vitamin K	1.6µg	1.8µg	0%
Trans fat	1.287g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.281mg	0.19mg	0%
Threonine	1.099mg	1.156mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.062mg	1.317mg	0%
Leucine	2.009mg	2.302mg	0%
Lysine	2.184mg	2.446mg	0%
Methionine	0.709mg	0.754mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.951mg	1.143mg	0%
Valine	1.129mg	1.436mg	0%
Histidine	0.809mg	0.924mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.041g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.004g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.006g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	0.619g		N/A