Horse meat vs. Turkey breast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between horse meat and turkey breast

Horse meat has more vitamin B12, iron, zinc, copper, and phosphorus; however, turkey breast is richer in selenium, vitamin B6, and polyunsaturated fat.
Horse meat's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 114% more.
Horse meat contains 4 times more iron than turkey breast. Horse meat contains 5.03mg of iron, while turkey breast contains 1.2mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Game meat, horse, cooked, roasted and Turkey, all classes, breast, meat, and skin, raw.

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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.

Horse meat

Turkey breast

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+37.8%
Contains more IronIron	+319.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+131.1%
Contains more ZincZinc	+143.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+32.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+22.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+62.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+65.9%

~equal in Magnesium ~24mg

~equal in Sodium ~59mg

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.

Horse meat

Turkey breast

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+72.4%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+652.4%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+45.5%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.115mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~5.2mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	3.16µg	0.42µg	114%
Iron	5.03mg	1.2mg	48%
Zinc	3.82mg	1.57mg	20%
Selenium	13.5µg	22.4µg	16%
Protein	28.14g	21.89g	13%
Vitamin B6	0.33mg	0.48mg	12%
Vitamin B5		0.621mg	12%
Copper	0.171mg	0.074mg	11%
Phosphorus	247mg	186mg	9%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.85g	1.66g	5%
Vitamin B1	0.1mg	0.058mg	4%
Potassium	379mg	275mg	3%
Vitamin B3	4.84mg	5.2mg	2%
Vitamin C	2mg	0mg	2%
Folate		7µg	2%
Monounsaturated fat	2.12g	2.66g	1%
Calories	175kcal	157kcal	1%
Calcium	8mg	13mg	1%
Cholesterol	68mg	65mg	1%
Fats	6.05g	7.02g	1%
Magnesium	25mg	24mg	0%
Sodium	55mg	59mg	0%
Vitamin A	0µg	2µg	0%
Manganese	0.022mg	0.018mg	0%
Vitamin B2	0.12mg	0.115mg	0%
Saturated fat	1.9g	1.91g	0%
Tryptophan	0.349mg	0.242mg	0%
Threonine	1.262mg	0.957mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.334mg	1.099mg	0%
Leucine	2.232mg	1.704mg	0%
Lysine	2.398mg	1.996mg	0%
Methionine	0.623mg	0.616mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.157mg	0.857mg	0%
Valine	1.458mg	1.141mg	0%
Histidine	1.081mg	0.66mg	0%
Omega-3 - DHA		0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA		0.01g	N/A