Custard vs. Chicken meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are custard and chicken meat different?

Custard is higher in calcium and vitamin B12; however, chicken meat is richer in vitamin B3, selenium, vitamin B6, zinc, iron, and choline.
Daily need coverage for vitamin B3 for chicken meat is 52% higher.
Custard contains 9 times more calcium than chicken meat. While custard contains 139mg of calcium, chicken meat contains only 15mg.
Custard has less cholesterol.
Chicken meat has a lower glycemic index (0) than custard (35).

Egg custards, dry mix, prepared with whole milk and Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted are the varieties 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.

Custard

Chicken meat

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+826.7%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+43.8%
Contains more IronIron	+270.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+120%
Contains more ZincZinc	+280.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+40%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+185.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+298.3%

~equal in Potassium ~223mg

~equal in Sodium ~82mg

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.

Custard

Chicken meat

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+31%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+73.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+80%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+350%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+6329.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+47.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+525%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1100%
Contains more CholineCholine	+458.5%

~equal in Vitamin A ~48µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.063mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	0.132mg	8.487mg	52%
Protein	3.99g	27.3g	47%
Selenium	6µg	23.9µg	33%
Vitamin B6	0.064mg	0.4mg	26%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.312g	2.97g	18%
Fats	4g	13.6g	15%
Zinc	0.51mg	1.94mg	13%
Cholesterol	51mg	88mg	12%
Calcium	139mg	15mg	12%
Iron	0.34mg	1.26mg	12%
Monounsaturated fat	1.127g	5.34g	11%
Choline	11.8mg	65.9mg	10%
Vitamin B12	0.52µg	0.3µg	9%
Saturated fat	2.032g	3.79g	8%
Vitamin B5	0.699mg	1.03mg	7%
Phosphorus	130mg	182mg	7%
Calories	122kcal	239kcal	6%
Vitamin D	47IU	2IU	6%
Carbs	17.6g	0g	6%
Vitamin D	1.2µg	0µg	6%
Vitamin B2	0.22mg	0.168mg	4%
Copper	0.03mg	0.066mg	4%
Vitamin K	0.2µg	2.4µg	2%
Magnesium	16mg	23mg	2%
Manganese	0.007mg	0.02mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.06mg	0.27mg	1%
Folate	9µg	5µg	1%
Vitamin C	0.1mg	0mg	0%
Net carbs	17.6g	0g	N/A
Potassium	207mg	223mg	0%
Sugar	4.82g	0g	N/A
Sodium	84mg	82mg	0%
Vitamin A	52µg	48µg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.061mg	0.063mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.082mg	0.305mg	0%
Threonine	0.192mg	1.128mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.207mg	1.362mg	0%
Leucine	0.337mg	1.986mg	0%
Lysine	0.214mg	2.223mg	0%
Methionine	0.091mg	0.726mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.173mg	1.061mg	0%
Valine	0.233mg	1.325mg	0%
Histidine	0.092mg	0.802mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.003g	0.04g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.02g	N/A