Pork spare ribs vs. Chicken meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between pork spare ribs and chicken meat?

Pork spare ribs are higher in vitamin B1, vitamin D, vitamin B6, vitamin B2, and zinc; however, chicken meat is richer in vitamin B3, vitamin B5, and phosphorus.
Chicken meat's daily need coverage for vitamin B3 is 24% more.
Chicken meat contains 46 times less vitamin D than pork spare ribs. Pork spare ribs contain 91IU of vitamin D, while chicken meat contains 2IU.
Chicken meat has less saturated fat.

We used Pork, fresh, spareribs, separable lean, and fat, raw and Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, 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.

Pork spare ribs

Chicken meat

Contains more CopperCopper	+21.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+28.9%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+43.8%
Contains more IronIron	+38.5%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+29.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+100%

~equal in Calcium ~15mg

~equal in Potassium ~223mg

~equal in Sodium ~82mg

~equal in Selenium ~23.9µg

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 spare ribs

Chicken meat

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+37%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+406.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+49.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+43.5%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+26.7%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+82%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+64.8%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+10.4%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Protein	15.47g	27.3g	24%
Vitamin B3	4.662mg	8.487mg	24%
Vitamin B1	0.319mg	0.063mg	21%
Saturated fat	7.529g	3.79g	17%
Fats	23.4g	13.6g	15%
Vitamin B6	0.574mg	0.4mg	13%
Vitamin D	2.3µg	0µg	12%
Vitamin D	91IU	2IU	11%
Monounsaturated fat	8.542g	5.34g	8%
Vitamin B5	0.625mg	1.03mg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.953g	2.97g	7%
Vitamin B2	0.251mg	0.168mg	6%
Phosphorus	141mg	182mg	6%
Zinc	2.5mg	1.94mg	5%
Vitamin A	0µg	48µg	5%
Iron	0.91mg	1.26mg	4%
Selenium	22µg	23.9µg	3%
Cholesterol	80mg	88mg	3%
Vitamin B12	0.38µg	0.3µg	3%
Vitamin K	0µg	2.4µg	2%
Calories	277kcal	239kcal	2%
Copper	0.08mg	0.066mg	2%
Magnesium	16mg	23mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.37mg	0.27mg	1%
Folate	0µg	5µg	1%
Choline	59.7mg	65.9mg	1%
Potassium	242mg	223mg	1%
Calcium	15mg	15mg	0%
Sodium	81mg	82mg	0%
Manganese	0.01mg	0.02mg	0%
Trans fat	0.222g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.163mg	0.305mg	0%
Threonine	0.695mg	1.128mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.761mg	1.362mg	0%
Leucine	1.318mg	1.986mg	0%
Lysine	1.435mg	2.223mg	0%
Methionine	0.426mg	0.726mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.65mg	1.061mg	0%
Valine	0.809mg	1.325mg	0%
Histidine	0.668mg	0.802mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.04g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.081g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.079g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	3.146g		N/A