Pork jowl vs. Steak — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between pork jowl and steak

Pork jowl has more vitamin B1; however, steak has more vitamin B12, selenium, zinc, vitamin B6, iron, and phosphorus.
Pork jowl's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 84% more.
Pork jowl has 5 times more vitamin B1 than steak. Pork jowl has 0.386mg of vitamin B1, while steak has 0.074mg.
Steak is lower in saturated fat.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Pork, fresh, variety meats, and by-products, jowl, raw and Beef, rib eye steak, boneless, lip off, 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.

Pork jowl

Steak

Contains less SodiumSodium	-56.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+∞%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+666.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+200%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+88.5%
Contains more IronIron	+471.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+112.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+654.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+89.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+2020%

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.

Pork jowl

Steak

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+421.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+133.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+27.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+13.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+455.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+168.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+500%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Fats	69.61g	19.02g	78%
Saturated fat	25.26g	8.443g	76%
Monounsaturated fat	32.89g	9.171g	59%
Vitamin B12	0.82µg	2.2µg	58%
Selenium	1.5µg	31.8µg	55%
Zinc	0.84mg	6.34mg	50%
Polyunsaturated fat	8.11g	0.896g	48%
Protein	6.38g	24.85g	37%
Vitamin B6	0.09mg	0.5mg	32%
Vitamin B1	0.386mg	0.074mg	26%
Iron	0.42mg	2.4mg	25%
Calories	655kcal	271kcal	19%
Phosphorus	86mg	163mg	11%
Magnesium	3mg	23mg	5%
Copper	0.04mg	0.085mg	5%
Vitamin B2	0.236mg	0.301mg	5%
Vitamin B5	0.25mg		5%
Cholesterol	90mg	78mg	4%
Potassium	148mg	279mg	4%
Vitamin B3	4.535mg	5.149mg	4%
Vitamin E	0.29mg		2%
Vitamin D*		6 IU	1%
Vitamin D		0.1µg	1%
Calcium	4mg	12mg	1%
Sodium	25mg	58mg	1%
Vitamin K		1.6µg	1%
Folate	1µg	6µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	0.97g	9.2g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	1027kcal	109kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	15g	37g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	1.6	1.2	N/A
Vitamin A	3µg	7µg	0%
Manganese	0.005mg		0%
Tryptophan	0.021mg	0.278mg	0%
Threonine	0.21mg	1.171mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.168mg	1.157mg	0%
Leucine	0.446mg	2.142mg	0%
Lysine	0.528mg	2.38mg	0%
Methionine	0.095mg	0.672mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.239mg	0.997mg	0%
Valine	0.305mg	1.242mg	0%
Histidine	0.072mg	0.931mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.013g	N/A