Pork shoulder vs. Italian sausage — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are pork shoulder and Italian sausage different?

Pork shoulder is higher in vitamin B1 and selenium; however, Italian sausage is richer in vitamin B12, monounsaturated fat, and polyunsaturated fat.
Daily need coverage for sodium for Italian sausage is 29% higher.
Pork shoulder contains 2 times more vitamin D than Italian sausage. While pork shoulder contains 70IU of vitamin D, Italian sausage contains only 41IU.
Pork shoulder has less saturated fat.
Pork shoulder has a lower glycemic index (0) than Italian sausage (28).

Pork, fresh, shoulder, whole, separable lean, and fat, raw and Sausage, Italian, pork, cooked are the varieties 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.

Pork shoulder

Italian sausage

Contains more ZincZinc	+13%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-91.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+∞%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+15.9%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+40%
Contains more IronIron	+36.2%

~equal in Magnesium ~18mg

~equal in Potassium ~304mg

~equal in Copper ~0.08mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~170mg

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 shoulder

Italian sausage

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+600%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+70%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+23.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+18%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+400%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+31.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+75.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+29%

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~4.165mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.33mg

~equal in Folate ~5µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	65mg	743mg	29%
Vitamin B12	0.74µg	1.3µg	23%
Monounsaturated fat	8.01g	17.108g	23%
Saturated fat	6.24g	10.195g	18%
Fats	17.99g	27.31g	14%
Vitamin B5	0.719mg		14%
Vitamin B1	0.767mg	0.623mg	12%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.92g	3.518g	11%
Selenium	25.5µg	22µg	6%
Iron	1.05mg	1.43mg	5%
Calories	236kcal	344kcal	5%
Cholesterol	71mg	57mg	5%
Vitamin D	70IU	41IU	4%
Protein	17.18g	19.12g	4%
Vitamin D	1.7µg	1µg	4%
Vitamin K	0µg	3.4µg	3%
Choline	60.6mg	78.2mg	3%
Zinc	2.7mg	2.39mg	3%
Vitamin B2	0.275mg	0.233mg	3%
Vitamin B3	3.833mg	4.165mg	2%
Phosphorus	182mg	170mg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.348mg	0.33mg	1%
Vitamin A	2µg	10µg	1%
Calcium	15mg	21mg	1%
Vitamin C	0.7mg	0.1mg	1%
Carbs	0g	4.27g	1%
Net carbs	0g	4.17g	N/A
Magnesium	18mg	18mg	0%
Potassium	302mg	304mg	0%
Sugar	0g	1.86g	N/A
Fiber	0g	0.1g	0%
Copper	0.084mg	0.08mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.19mg	0.25mg	0%
Manganese	0.011mg		0%
Folate	5µg	5µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.208mg	0.161mg	0%
Threonine	0.768mg	0.792mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.781mg	0.731mg	0%
Leucine	1.36mg	1.343mg	0%
Lysine	1.531mg	1.522mg	0%
Methionine	0.441mg	0.486mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.681mg	0.67mg	0%
Valine	0.921mg	0.804mg	0%
Histidine	0.656mg	0.577mg	0%