Lamb vs. Chuck steak — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between lamb and chuck steak

Lamb has more vitamin B3 and polyunsaturated fat; however, chuck steak is richer in zinc, vitamin B12, vitamin B6, and iron.
Chuck steak's daily need coverage for zinc is 38% more.
Lamb contains 2 times more polyunsaturated fat than chuck steak. Lamb contains 1.51g of polyunsaturated fat, while chuck steak contains 0.81g.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Lamb, domestic, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked and Beef, chuck eye steak, boneless, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled.

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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

Chuck steak

Contains more CopperCopper	+54.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+83.3%

Contains more IronIron	+30.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+94.6%

~equal in Magnesium ~22mg

~equal in Calcium ~16mg

~equal in Potassium ~325mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~193mg

~equal in Sodium ~71mg

~equal in Selenium ~27.5µg

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

Chuck steak

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+40%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+51.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+30.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+42.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+187.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+200%
Contains more CholineCholine	+18.6%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+13.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+186.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+18.8%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0.1µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Zinc	4.46mg	8.68mg	38%
Vitamin B12	2.55µg	3.03µg	20%
Vitamin B6	0.13mg	0.373mg	19%
Vitamin B3	6.66mg	4.663mg	12%
Iron	1.88mg	2.45mg	7%
Vitamin B2	0.25mg	0.191mg	5%
Copper	0.119mg	0.077mg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.51g	0.81g	5%
Choline	93.7mg	79mg	3%
Folate	18µg	6µg	3%
Vitamin K	4.6µg	1.6µg	3%
Cholesterol	97mg	87mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.1mg	0.066mg	3%
Monounsaturated fat	8.82g	9.457g	2%
Vitamin B5	0.66mg	0.752mg	2%
Fats	20.94g	19.64g	2%
Selenium	26.4µg	27.5µg	2%
Saturated fat	8.83g	8.66g	1%
Protein	24.52g	24.98g	1%
Calories	294kcal	277kcal	1%
Vitamin A	0µg	7µg	1%
Phosphorus	188mg	193mg	1%
Vitamin D	2IU	5IU	0%
Magnesium	23mg	22mg	0%
Calcium	17mg	16mg	0%
Potassium	310mg	325mg	0%
Sodium	72mg	71mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.14mg	0.1mg	0%
Vitamin D	0.1µg	0.1µg	0%
Manganese	0.022mg	0.012mg	0%
Trans fat		1.287g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.287mg	0.281mg	0%
Threonine	1.05mg	1.099mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.183mg	1.062mg	0%
Leucine	1.908mg	2.009mg	0%
Lysine	2.166mg	2.184mg	0%
Methionine	0.629mg	0.709mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.998mg	0.951mg	0%
Valine	1.323mg	1.129mg	0%
Histidine	0.777mg	0.809mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.041g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.004g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.006g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.619g	N/A