Lamb shoulder vs. Lamb ribs — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between lamb shoulder and lamb ribs?

Lamb shoulder is higher in vitamin B12, zinc, selenium, and iron, yet lamb ribs is higher in monounsaturated fat.
Lamb ribs's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 20% more.
The amount of saturated fat in lamb shoulder is lower.

We used Lamb, domestic, shoulder, arm, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, roasted and Lamb, domestic, rib, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, roasted types 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 shoulder

Lamb ribs

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+15%
Contains more IronIron	+26.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+28.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-11%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+16.5%

Contains more CalciumCalcium

+22.2%

~equal in Potassium ~271mg

~equal in Copper ~0.115mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~166mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.019mg

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 shoulder

Lamb ribs

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+40%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+19%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+12.7%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+14.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+33.3%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.09mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~6.75mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.11mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	8.74g	12.77g	18%
Fats	20.24g	29.82g	15%
Vitamin B12	2.55µg	2.23µg	13%
Monounsaturated fat	8.3g	12.52g	11%
Zinc	4.48mg	3.49mg	9%
Selenium	25.4µg	21.8µg	7%
Iron	2.03mg	1.6mg	5%
Calories	279kcal	359kcal	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.61g	2.17g	4%
Vitamin B2	0.25mg	0.21mg	3%
Protein	22.53g	21.12g	3%
Cholesterol	92mg	97mg	2%
Phosphorus	183mg	166mg	2%
Vitamin B5	0.71mg	0.63mg	2%
Folate	20µg	15µg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.12mg	0.11mg	1%
Vitamin B3	6.66mg	6.75mg	1%
Magnesium	23mg	20mg	1%
Calcium	18mg	22mg	0%
Potassium	259mg	271mg	0%
Copper	0.113mg	0.115mg	0%
Sodium	65mg	73mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.14mg	0.1mg	0%
Manganese	0.021mg	0.019mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.09mg	0.09mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.263mg	0.247mg	0%
Threonine	0.964mg	0.904mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.087mg	1.019mg	0%
Leucine	1.753mg	1.642mg	0%
Lysine	1.99mg	1.865mg	0%
Methionine	0.578mg	0.542mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.917mg	0.86mg	0%
Valine	1.216mg	1.139mg	0%
Histidine	0.714mg	0.669mg	0%