Goat vs. Chicken meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are goat and chicken meat different?

Goat has more vitamin B12, vitamin B2, iron, zinc, copper, and choline; however, chicken meat is richer in vitamin B6, vitamin B3, and selenium.
Goat covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 37% more than chicken meat.
Goat has 5 times more copper than chicken meat. Goat has 0.303mg of copper, while chicken meat has 0.066mg.
Goat contains less saturated fat.

Game meat, goat, cooked, roasted and Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted types were 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.

Goat

Chicken meat

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+13.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+81.6%
Contains more IronIron	+196%
Contains more CopperCopper	+359.1%
Contains more ZincZinc	+171.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+110%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+102.5%

~equal in Phosphorus ~182mg

~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.

Goat

Chicken meat

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+25.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+42.9%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+263.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+296.7%
Contains more CholineCholine	+61.5%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+114.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+100%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Folate ~5µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	1.19µg	0.3µg	37%
Vitamin B2	0.61mg	0.168mg	34%
Iron	3.73mg	1.26mg	31%
Vitamin B6	0mg	0.4mg	31%
Zinc	5.27mg	1.94mg	30%
Vitamin B3	3.95mg	8.487mg	28%
Copper	0.303mg	0.066mg	26%
Selenium	11.8µg	23.9µg	22%
Vitamin B5		1.03mg	21%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.23g	2.97g	18%
Fats	3.03g	13.6g	16%
Saturated fat	0.93g	3.79g	13%
Monounsaturated fat	1.36g	5.34g	10%
Choline	106.4mg	65.9mg	7%
Calories	143kcal	239kcal	5%
Potassium	405mg	223mg	5%
Vitamin A	0µg	48µg	5%
Magnesium	0mg	23mg	5%
Cholesterol	75mg	88mg	4%
Phosphorus	201mg	182mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.09mg	0.063mg	2%
Vitamin K	1.2µg	2.4µg	1%
Manganese	0.042mg	0.02mg	1%
Protein	27.1g	27.3g	0%
Vitamin D	0IU	2IU	0%
Calcium	17mg	15mg	0%
Sodium	86mg	82mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.34mg	0.27mg	0%
Folate	5µg	5µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.403mg	0.305mg	0%
Threonine	1.29mg	1.128mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.371mg	1.362mg	0%
Leucine	2.258mg	1.986mg	0%
Lysine	2.016mg	2.223mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.726mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.941mg	1.061mg	0%
Valine	1.452mg	1.325mg	0%
Histidine	0.565mg	0.802mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.04g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.02g	N/A