Lamb ribs vs. Beef — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are lamb ribs and beef different?

Lamb ribs is richer in vitamin B3, while beef is higher in vitamin B12, vitamin B6, iron, vitamin B2, phosphorus, and selenium.
Beef covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 83% more than lamb ribs.
Lamb ribs contains 5 times more saturated fat than beef. Lamb ribs contains 12.77g of saturated fat, while beef contains 2.595g.

Lamb, domestic, rib, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, roasted and Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted types were used in this article.

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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.

Lamb ribs

Beef

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+42.9%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+69.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+18.6%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+111.1%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+29.9%
Contains more IronIron	+90%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+56%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-26%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+16.5%

~equal in Zinc ~3.7mg

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.

Lamb ribs

Beef

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+21.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+17.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+31%
Contains more FolateFolate	+114.3%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+150%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+90.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+508.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+88.8%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.23µg	4.21µg	83%
Saturated fat	12.77g	2.595g	46%
Vitamin B6	0.11mg	0.669mg	43%
Fats	29.82g	6.54g	36%
Monounsaturated fat	12.52g	2.734g	24%
Iron	1.6mg	3.04mg	18%
Vitamin B2	0.21mg	0.4mg	15%
Choline		75.6mg	14%
Phosphorus	166mg	259mg	13%
Protein	21.12g	27.55g	13%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.17g	0.532g	11%
Calories	359kcal	169kcal	10%
Selenium	21.8µg	25.4µg	7%
Vitamin B3	6.75mg	5.76mg	6%
Cholesterol	97mg	85mg	4%
Vitamin B5	0.63mg	0.481mg	3%
Zinc	3.49mg	3.7mg	2%
Copper	0.115mg	0.097mg	2%
Potassium	271mg	352mg	2%
Folate	15µg	7µg	2%
Sodium	73mg	54mg	1%
Calcium	22mg	13mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.1mg	0.25mg	1%
Vitamin D		0.1µg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.09mg	0.074mg	1%
Vitamin K		1.6µg	1%
Magnesium	20mg	14mg	1%
Vitamin D		3IU	0%
Vitamin A	0µg	2µg	0%
Manganese	0.019mg	0.009mg	0%
Trans fat		0.375g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.247mg	0.359mg	0%
Threonine	0.904mg	1.534mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.019mg	1.52mg	0%
Leucine	1.642mg	2.833mg	0%
Lysine	1.865mg	3.178mg	0%
Methionine	0.542mg	0.871mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.86mg	1.299mg	0%
Valine	1.139mg	1.603mg	0%
Histidine	0.669mg	1.244mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA		0.002g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA		0.002g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.013g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA		0.011g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.017g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.349g	N/A