Salmon vs. Chicken breast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between salmon and chicken breast

Salmon has more vitamin B12, vitamin D, selenium, vitamin B1, vitamin B5, and folate; however, chicken breast is richer in vitamin B3, iron, and zinc.
Salmon covers your daily vitamin B12 needs 101% more than chicken breast.
Chicken breast has 105 times less vitamin D than salmon. Salmon has 526IU of vitamin D, while chicken breast has 5IU.
Salmon contains less cholesterol.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Fish, salmon, Atlantic, farmed, cooked, dry heat and Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, fried.

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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.

Salmon

Chicken breast

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+39.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-22.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+58%

Contains more IronIron	+235.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+10.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+151.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+31.3%

~equal in Magnesium ~31mg

~equal in Calcium ~16mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~246mg

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.

Salmon

Chicken breast

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+885.7%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+171.4%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+13000%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+330.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+41.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+656.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+750%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+83.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+2300%

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.125mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.64mg

~equal in Choline ~95.9mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.8µg	0.37µg	101%
Vitamin D	526IU	5IU	65%
Vitamin D	13.1µg	0.1µg	65%
Vitamin B3	8.045mg	14.782mg	42%
Selenium	41.4µg	26.2µg	28%
Protein	22.1g	33.44g	23%
Polyunsaturated fat	4.553g	1.07g	23%
Vitamin B1	0.34mg	0.079mg	22%
Fats	12.35g	4.71g	12%
Iron	0.34mg	1.14mg	10%
Vitamin B5	1.475mg	1.04mg	9%
Cholesterol	63mg	91mg	9%
Folate	34µg	4µg	8%
Vitamin A	69µg	7µg	7%
Zinc	0.43mg	1.08mg	6%
Monounsaturated fat	4.181g	1.72g	6%
Vitamin E	1.14mg	0.42mg	5%
Saturated fat	2.397g	1.29g	5%
Vitamin C	3.7mg	0mg	4%
Potassium	384mg	276mg	3%
Vitamin K	0.1µg	2.4µg	2%
Choline	90.5mg	95.9mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.647mg	0.64mg	1%
Calories	206kcal	187kcal	1%
Vitamin B2	0.135mg	0.125mg	1%
Sodium	61mg	79mg	1%
Phosphorus	252mg	246mg	1%
Copper	0.049mg	0.054mg	1%
Carbs	0g	0.51g	0%
Net carbs	0g	0.51g	N/A
Magnesium	30mg	31mg	0%
Calcium	15mg	16mg	0%
Manganese	0.016mg	0.021mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.248mg	0.39mg	0%
Threonine	0.969mg	1.412mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.018mg	1.765mg	0%
Leucine	1.796mg	2.509mg	0%
Lysine	2.03mg	2.836mg	0%
Methionine	0.654mg	0.925mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.863mg	1.328mg	0%
Valine	1.139mg	1.659mg	0%
Histidine	0.651mg	1.037mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.69g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	1.457g	0.03g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.17g	0.02g	N/A