Ground chicken vs. Meatball — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between ground chicken and meatball

Ground chicken has more vitamin B6, vitamin B3, and potassium; however, meatball is higher in vitamin B12, manganese, iron, and fiber.
Ground chicken covers your daily vitamin B6 needs 26% more than meatball.
Meatball contains 2 times less potassium than ground chicken. Ground chicken contains 677mg of potassium, while meatball contains 296mg.
Meatball has less cholesterol.

Food varieties used in this article are Chicken, ground, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned and Meatballs, frozen, Italian style.

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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

Meatball

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+128.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+15.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-88.7%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+10.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+900%
Contains more IronIron	+90.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+98.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+1662.5%

~equal in Phosphorus ~239mg

~equal in Selenium ~15.3µg

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

Meatball

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+31.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+128.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+43.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+166.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+30.5%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+12.4%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+96.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+290.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+1700%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin E ~0.42mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B6	0.538mg	0.202mg	26%
Sodium	75mg	666mg	26%
Vitamin B3	7.107mg	3.108mg	25%
Saturated fat	3.11g	7.627g	21%
Vitamin B12	0.51µg	1µg	20%
Protein	23.28g	14.4g	18%
Fats	10.92g	22.21g	17%
Cholesterol	107mg	66mg	14%
Manganese	0.016mg	0.282mg	12%
Iron	0.93mg	1.77mg	11%
Potassium	677mg	296mg	11%
Monounsaturated fat	4.879g	9.188g	11%
Fiber	0g	2.3g	9%
Folate	2µg	36µg	9%
Vitamin B5	1.327mg	0.924mg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.08g	3.346g	8%
Copper	0.062mg	0.123mg	7%
Calcium	8mg	80mg	7%
Vitamin B2	0.302mg	0.23mg	6%
Vitamin K	2.1µg	8.2µg	5%
Calories	189kcal	286kcal	5%
Carbs	0g	8.06g	3%
Choline	59mg	45.2mg	3%
Vitamin A	0µg	22µg	2%
Zinc	1.92mg	1.66mg	2%
Selenium	14.3µg	15.3µg	2%
Vitamin D		0.1µg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.121mg	0.136mg	1%
Phosphorus	234mg	239mg	1%
Starch		2.25g	1%
Magnesium	28mg	31mg	1%
Net carbs	0g	5.76g	N/A
Vitamin D		2IU	0%
Sugar	0g	3.47g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.39mg	0.42mg	0%
Trans fat	0.087g	0.577g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.196mg		0%
Threonine	0.97mg		0%
Isoleucine	1.06mg		0%
Leucine	1.816mg		0%
Lysine	2.014mg		0%
Methionine	0.596mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.912mg		0%
Valine	1.102mg		0%
Histidine	0.706mg		0%
Fructose		0.21g	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.008g	0.005g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.031g	0.004g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.081g	0.163g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.016g	0.013g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.012g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.02g	0.005g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.022g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.015g	0.07g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	1.787g	2.815g	N/A