Duck meat vs. Pork jowl — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between duck meat and pork jowl

Duck meat has more selenium, iron, copper, vitamin B5, phosphorus, zinc, and vitamin B6; however, pork jowl is higher in vitamin B12 and vitamin B1.
Pork jowl covers your daily saturated fat needs 78% more than duck meat.
Pork jowl contains 13 times less selenium than duck meat. Duck meat contains 20µg of selenium, while pork jowl contains 1.5µg.
Duck meat has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Duck, domesticated, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Pork, fresh, variety meats, and by-products, jowl, 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.

Duck meat

Pork jowl

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+433.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+175%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+37.8%
Contains more IronIron	+542.9%
Contains more CopperCopper	+467.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+121.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+81.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+280%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+1233.3%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-57.6%

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.

Duck meat

Pork jowl

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+2000%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+141.4%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+14%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+339.2%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+100%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+500%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+121.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+173.3%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~4.535mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	9.67g	25.26g	71%
Fats	28.35g	69.61g	63%
Monounsaturated fat	12.9g	32.89g	50%
Selenium	20µg	1.5µg	34%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.65g	8.11g	30%
Iron	2.7mg	0.42mg	29%
Protein	18.99g	6.38g	25%
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	0.82µg	22%
Copper	0.227mg	0.04mg	21%
Vitamin B1	0.174mg	0.386mg	18%
Vitamin B5	1.098mg	0.25mg	17%
Calories	337kcal	655kcal	16%
Phosphorus	156mg	86mg	10%
Zinc	1.86mg	0.84mg	9%
Choline	50.4mg		9%
Vitamin A	63µg	3µg	7%
Vitamin B6	0.18mg	0.09mg	7%
Vitamin K	5.1µg		4%
Magnesium	16mg	3mg	3%
Vitamin E	0.7mg	0.29mg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.269mg	0.236mg	3%
Cholesterol	84mg	90mg	2%
Potassium	204mg	148mg	2%
Vitamin B3	4.825mg	4.535mg	2%
Vitamin D	0.1µg		1%
Calcium	11mg	4mg	1%
Sodium	59mg	25mg	1%
Manganese	0.019mg	0.005mg	1%
Folate	6µg	1µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	5.6g	0.97g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	177kcal	1027kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	30g	15g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	1.7	1.6	N/A
Vitamin D*	3 IU		0%
Tryptophan	0.232mg	0.021mg	0%
Threonine	0.773mg	0.21mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.872mg	0.168mg	0%
Leucine	1.465mg	0.446mg	0%
Lysine	1.486mg	0.528mg	0%
Methionine	0.475mg	0.095mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.752mg	0.239mg	0%
Valine	0.938mg	0.305mg	0%
Histidine	0.462mg	0.072mg	0%