Kielbasa vs. Ham — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison
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How are kielbasa and ham different?
- Kielbasa is higher than ham in vitamin C, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat.
- Kielbasa covers your daily need for saturated fat, 22% more than ham.
- Ham is lower in saturated fat.
- Kielbasa has a higher glycemic index (28) than ham (0).
Kielbasa, Polish, turkey, and beef, smoked and Pork, cured, ham, boneless, extra lean (approximately 5% fat), roasted types were used in this article.
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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.
| Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C | +∞% |
All nutrients comparison - raw data values
| Nutrient |  |
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DV% diff. |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.754mg | 63% | |
| Selenium | 19.5µg | 35% | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.4mg | 31% | |
| Phosphorus | 196mg | 28% | |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.65µg | 27% | |
| Zinc | 2.88mg | 26% | |
| Vitamin B3 | 4.023mg | 25% | |
| Saturated fat | 6.23g | 1.81g | 20% |
| Fats | 17.6g | 5.53g | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 14.8mg | 0mg | 16% |
| Vitamin B2 | 0.202mg | 16% | |
| Protein | 13.1g | 20.93g | 16% |
| Choline | 85.1mg | 15% | |
| Monounsaturated fat | 8.27g | 2.62g | 14% |
| Polyunsaturated fat | 2.33g | 0.54g | 12% |
| Copper | 0.079mg | 9% | |
| Potassium | 287mg | 8% | |
| Vitamin B5 | 0.403mg | 8% | |
| Cholesterol | 70mg | 53mg | 6% |
| Calories | 226kcal | 145kcal | 4% |
| Vitamin D | 32IU | 4% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.8µg | 4% | |
| Iron | 1.24mg | 1.48mg | 3% |
| Magnesium | 14mg | 3% | |
| Manganese | 0.054mg | 2% | |
| Vitamin E | 0.25mg | 2% | |
| Carbs | 3.9g | 1.5g | 1% |
| Calcium | 8mg | 1% | |
| Folate | 3µg | 1% | |
| Net carbs | 3.9g | 1.5g | N/A |
| Sodium | 1200mg | 1203mg | 0% |
| Tryptophan | 0.251mg | 0% | |
| Threonine | 0.931mg | 0% | |
| Isoleucine | 0.918mg | 0% | |
| Leucine | 1.661mg | 0% | |
| Lysine | 1.775mg | 0% | |
| Methionine | 0.553mg | 0% | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.904mg | 0% | |
| Valine | 0.908mg | 0% | |
| Histidine | 0.75mg | 0% |
Macronutrient Comparison
Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
| Contains more FatsFats | +218.3% |
| Contains more CarbsCarbs | +160% |
| Contains more ProteinProtein | +59.8% |
| Contains more OtherOther | +28.5% |
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Fat Type Comparison
Fat type breakdown side-by-side comparison
| Contains more Mono. FatMonounsaturated fat | +215.6% |
| Contains more Poly. FatPolyunsaturated fat | +331.5% |
| Contains less Sat. FatSaturated fat | -70.9% |
