Ground chicken vs. Bison meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between ground chicken and bison meat

Ground chicken has more vitamin B3, vitamin B6, and potassium; however, bison meat is richer in vitamin B12, selenium, iron, zinc, and choline.
Bison meat covers your daily vitamin B12 needs 98% more than ground chicken.
Bison meat has 3 times less saturated fat than ground chicken. Ground chicken has 3.11g of saturated fat, while bison meat has 0.91g.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Chicken, ground, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned and Game meat, bison, separable lean only, cooked, roasted.

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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.

Ground chicken

Bison meat

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+87.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+12%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+100%

Contains more IronIron	+267.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+72.6%
Contains more ZincZinc	+91.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-24%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+148.3%

~equal in Magnesium ~26mg

~equal in Calcium ~8mg

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.

Ground chicken

Bison meat

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+21%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+11.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+91.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+34.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+61.5%

Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+460.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+300%
Contains more CholineCholine	+94.6%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.36mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.51µg	2.86µg	98%
Selenium	14.3µg	35.5µg	39%
Iron	0.93mg	3.42mg	31%
Vitamin B5	1.327mg		27%
Vitamin B3	7.107mg	3.71mg	21%
Zinc	1.92mg	3.68mg	16%
Fats	10.92g	2.42g	13%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.08g	0.24g	12%
Vitamin B6	0.538mg	0.4mg	11%
Monounsaturated fat	4.879g	0.95g	10%
Saturated fat	3.11g	0.91g	10%
Choline	59mg	114.8mg	10%
Protein	23.28g	28.44g	10%
Potassium	677mg	361mg	9%
Cholesterol	107mg	82mg	8%
Copper	0.062mg	0.107mg	5%
Phosphorus	234mg	209mg	4%
Calories	189kcal	143kcal	2%
Folate	2µg	8µg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.302mg	0.27mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.121mg	0.1mg	2%
Vitamin K	2.1µg	1.3µg	1%
Sodium	75mg	57mg	1%
Magnesium	28mg	26mg	0%
Calcium	8mg	8mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.39mg	0.36mg	0%
Manganese	0.016mg	0.008mg	0%
Trans fat	0.087g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.196mg		0%
Threonine	0.97mg	1.171mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.06mg	1.198mg	0%
Leucine	1.816mg	2.21mg	0%
Lysine	2.014mg	2.219mg	0%
Methionine	0.596mg	0.674mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.912mg	1.065mg	0%
Valine	1.102mg	1.287mg	0%
Histidine	0.706mg	0.754mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.008g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.031g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.081g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.016g	0g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.02g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.015g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	1.787g		N/A