Chuck steak vs. Turkey leg — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between chuck steak and turkey leg

Chuck steak has more vitamin B12, zinc, vitamin B3, iron, and monounsaturated fat, while turkey leg has more copper and vitamin B5.
Chuck steak covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 110% more than turkey leg.
Chuck steak contains 5 times more monounsaturated fat than turkey leg. While chuck steak contains 9.457g of monounsaturated fat, turkey leg contains only 2.06g.
The amount of saturated fat in turkey leg 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 Turkey, all classes, leg, meat, and skin, raw.

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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

Turkey leg

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+19%
Contains more IronIron	+42.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+180.9%

Contains more CopperCopper	+84.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+83.3%

~equal in Magnesium ~21mg

~equal in Calcium ~17mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~177mg

~equal in Sodium ~74mg

~equal in Selenium ~26.4µg

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.

Chuck steak

Turkey leg

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+600%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+58.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+676.9%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+16.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+10.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+44.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+66.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.34mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	3.03µg	0.39µg	110%
Zinc	8.68mg	3.09mg	51%
Saturated fat	8.66g	2.06g	30%
Fats	19.64g	6.72g	20%
Monounsaturated fat	9.457g	2.06g	18%
Choline	79mg		14%
Vitamin B3	4.663mg	2.947mg	11%
Protein	24.98g	19.54g	11%
Iron	2.45mg	1.72mg	9%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.81g	1.83g	7%
Vitamin B5	0.752mg	1.09mg	7%
Calories	277kcal	144kcal	7%
Copper	0.077mg	0.142mg	7%
Cholesterol	87mg	71mg	5%
Vitamin B6	0.373mg	0.34mg	3%
Selenium	27.5µg	26.4µg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.191mg	0.211mg	2%
Phosphorus	193mg	177mg	2%
Potassium	325mg	273mg	2%
Vitamin D	5IU		1%
Vitamin E	0.1mg		1%
Vitamin D	0.1µg		1%
Vitamin B1	0.066mg	0.077mg	1%
Vitamin K	1.6µg		1%
Folate	6µg	10µg	1%
Vitamin A	7µg	1µg	1%
Magnesium	22mg	21mg	0%
Calcium	16mg	17mg	0%
Sodium	71mg	74mg	0%
Manganese	0.012mg	0.022mg	0%
Trans fat	1.287g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.281mg	0.219mg	0%
Threonine	1.099mg	0.861mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.062mg	0.998mg	0%
Leucine	2.009mg	1.537mg	0%
Lysine	2.184mg	1.809mg	0%
Methionine	0.709mg	0.557mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.951mg	0.769mg	0%
Valine	1.129mg	1.028mg	0%
Histidine	0.809mg	0.598mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.03g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.041g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.004g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.006g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	0.619g		N/A