Cod liver oil vs. Duck fat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between cod liver oil and duck fat

Cod liver oil has more vitamin A, vitamin D, and polyunsaturated fat; however, duck fat is higher in monounsaturated fat.
Cod liver oil covers your daily need for vitamin A, 2000% more than duck fat.
Cod liver oil has 52 times more vitamin D than duck fat. While cod liver oil has 10000 IU of vitamin D, duck fat has only 191 IU.
Duck fat has less cholesterol.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Fish oil, cod liver and Fat, duck.

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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.

Cod liver oil

Duck fat

Contains more SeleniumSelenium

+∞%

~equal in Magnesium ~0mg

~equal in Calcium ~0mg

~equal in Potassium ~0mg

~equal in Iron ~0mg

~equal in Copper ~0mg

~equal in Zinc ~0mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~0mg

~equal in Sodium ~0mg

~equal in Manganese ~mg

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.

Cod liver oil

Duck fat

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+5108.3%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin A	30000µg	0µg	3333%
Vitamin D	10000 IU	191 IU	1226%
Vitamin D	250µg	4.8µg	1226%
Cholesterol	570mg	100mg	157%
Polyunsaturated fat	22.541g	12.9g	64%
Saturated fat	22.608g	33.2g	48%
Choline		122.4mg	22%
Vitamin E		2.7mg	18%
Monounsaturated fat	46.711g	49.3g	6%
Calories	902kcal	882kcal	1%
Fats	100g	99.8g	0%
Selenium	0µg	0.2µg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	6.898g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	10.968g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.935g	0g	N/A