Pork spare ribs vs. Ground beef — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between pork spare ribs and ground beef

Pork spare ribs have more vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin D, vitamin B2, and selenium; however, ground beef is higher in vitamin B12, zinc, and iron.
Ground beef covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 88% more than pork spare ribs.
Pork spare ribs have 46 times more vitamin D than ground beef. While pork spare ribs have 91IU of vitamin D, ground beef has only 2IU.
Ground beef has less saturated fat.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Pork, fresh, spareribs, separable lean, and fat, raw and Beef, ground, 70% lean meat / 30% fat, loaf, cooked, baked.

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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

Ground beef

Contains more SeleniumSelenium

+15.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+120%
Contains more IronIron	+149.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+133.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+17.7%

~equal in Magnesium ~17mg

~equal in Potassium ~241mg

~equal in Copper ~0.079mg

~equal in Sodium ~73mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.009mg

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

Ground beef

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+208.3%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+525.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+46.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+15.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+22.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+84.6%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+555.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+∞%
Contains more CholineCholine	+22.6%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.38µg	2.49µg	88%
Zinc	2.5mg	5.84mg	30%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.953g	0.408g	24%
Vitamin B1	0.319mg	0.051mg	22%
Vitamin B6	0.574mg	0.311mg	20%
Iron	0.91mg	2.27mg	17%
Protein	15.47g	23.87g	17%
Vitamin D	2.3µg	0µg	12%
Fats	23.4g	15.37g	12%
Vitamin D	91IU	2IU	11%
Saturated fat	7.529g	6.073g	7%
Vitamin B2	0.251mg	0.171mg	6%
Selenium	22µg	19.1µg	5%
Vitamin B3	4.662mg	4.026mg	4%
Phosphorus	141mg	166mg	4%
Monounsaturated fat	8.542g	7.322g	3%
Cholesterol	80mg	88mg	3%
Choline	59.7mg	73.2mg	2%
Folate	0µg	7µg	2%
Vitamin K	0µg	2.9µg	2%
Calories	277kcal	241kcal	2%
Vitamin B5	0.625mg	0.512mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.37mg	0.12mg	2%
Calcium	15mg	33mg	2%
Magnesium	16mg	17mg	0%
Potassium	242mg	241mg	0%
Copper	0.08mg	0.079mg	0%
Sodium	81mg	73mg	0%
Vitamin A	0µg	3µg	0%
Manganese	0.01mg	0.009mg	0%
Trans fat	0.222g	1.173g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.163mg	0.121mg	0%
Threonine	0.695mg	0.923mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.761mg	1.055mg	0%
Leucine	1.318mg	1.861mg	0%
Lysine	1.435mg	1.976mg	0%
Methionine	0.426mg	0.614mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.65mg	0.931mg	0%
Valine	0.809mg	1.172mg	0%
Histidine	0.668mg	0.775mg	0%
Omega-3 - ALA	0.081g		N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0g	0.008g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.079g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	3.146g		N/A