Ground chicken vs. Pork chop — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between ground chicken and pork chop

Ground chicken has more potassium, while pork chop has more selenium, vitamin B1, zinc, vitamin B12, and vitamin B3.
Pork chop covers your daily need for selenium, 40% more than ground chicken.
Ground chicken contains 2 times more potassium than pork chop. While ground chicken contains 677mg of potassium, pork chop contains only 315mg.
The amount of cholesterol in pork chop is lower.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Chicken, ground, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned and Pork, fresh, loin, blade (chops), bone-in, separable lean, and fat, cooked, broiled.

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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

Pork chop

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+40%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+114.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+60%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+600%
Contains more CopperCopper	+69.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+64.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+154.5%

~equal in Iron ~0.87mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~241mg

~equal in Sodium ~74mg

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

Pork chop

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+85.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+20.2%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+305%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+11.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+29.4%
Contains more CholineCholine	+14.4%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.313mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.489mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Selenium	14.3µg	36.4µg	40%
Vitamin B1	0.121mg	0.49mg	31%
Potassium	677mg	315mg	11%
Zinc	1.92mg	3.15mg	11%
Cholesterol	107mg	78mg	10%
Vitamin B12	0.51µg	0.66µg	6%
Saturated fat	3.11g	4.339g	6%
Calcium	8mg	56mg	5%
Vitamin D		40IU	5%
Copper	0.062mg	0.105mg	5%
Fats	10.92g	14.35g	5%
Vitamin B3	7.107mg	7.927mg	5%
Vitamin D		1µg	5%
Vitamin B6	0.538mg	0.489mg	4%
Vitamin B5	1.327mg	1.104mg	4%
Vitamin K	2.1µg	0µg	2%
Choline	59mg	67.5mg	2%
Calories	189kcal	231kcal	2%
Magnesium	28mg	20mg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.302mg	0.313mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.39mg	0.21mg	1%
Protein	23.28g	23.72g	1%
Phosphorus	234mg	241mg	1%
Folate	2µg	0µg	1%
Iron	0.93mg	0.87mg	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.08g	1.894g	1%
Sodium	75mg	74mg	0%
Vitamin A	0µg	4µg	0%
Manganese	0.016mg	0.01mg	0%
Trans fat	0.087g	0.066g	N/A
Monounsaturated fat	4.879g	4.887g	0%
Tryptophan	0.196mg	0.282mg	0%
Threonine	0.97mg	1.043mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.06mg	1.123mg	0%
Leucine	1.816mg	1.952mg	0%
Lysine	2.014mg	2.109mg	0%
Methionine	0.596mg	0.65mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.912mg	0.985mg	0%
Valine	1.102mg	1.2mg	0%
Histidine	0.706mg	0.965mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.008g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.031g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.081g	0.065g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.016g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.02g	0.003g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.015g	0.065g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	1.787g	0.922g	N/A