Pork spare ribs vs. Pork shoulder — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are pork spare ribs and pork shoulder different?

Pork spare ribs are richer in vitamin B6, vitamin B3, and polyunsaturated fat, while pork shoulder is higher in vitamin B1, vitamin B12, selenium, and phosphorus.
Pork shoulder covers your daily need for vitamin B1, 37% more than pork spare ribs.
Pork spare ribs contain 2 times more polyunsaturated fat than pork shoulder. Pork spare ribs contain 3.953g of polyunsaturated fat, while pork shoulder contains 1.92g.
Pork shoulder is lower in saturated fat.

Pork, fresh, spareribs, separable lean, and fat, raw and Pork, fresh, shoulder, whole, separable lean, and fat, raw types were 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 spare ribs

Pork shoulder

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+12.5%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+24.8%
Contains more IronIron	+15.4%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+29.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-19.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+15.9%

~equal in Calcium ~15mg

~equal in Copper ~0.084mg

~equal in Zinc ~2.7mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.011mg

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

Pork shoulder

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+94.7%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+35.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+21.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+64.9%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+140.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+15%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+94.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+∞%

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.275mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg

~equal in Choline ~60.6mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B1	0.319mg	0.767mg	37%
Vitamin B6	0.574mg	0.348mg	17%
Vitamin B12	0.38µg	0.74µg	15%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.953g	1.92g	14%
Fats	23.4g	17.99g	8%
Saturated fat	7.529g	6.24g	6%
Phosphorus	141mg	182mg	6%
Selenium	22µg	25.5µg	6%
Vitamin B3	4.662mg	3.833mg	5%
Vitamin D	2.3µg	1.7µg	3%
Cholesterol	80mg	71mg	3%
Vitamin D	91IU	70IU	3%
Protein	15.47g	17.18g	3%
Vitamin B5	0.625mg	0.719mg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.251mg	0.275mg	2%
Calories	277kcal	236kcal	2%
Iron	0.91mg	1.05mg	2%
Zinc	2.5mg	2.7mg	2%
Potassium	242mg	302mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.37mg	0.19mg	1%
Vitamin C	0mg	0.7mg	1%
Folate	0µg	5µg	1%
Monounsaturated fat	8.542g	8.01g	1%
Sodium	81mg	65mg	1%
Magnesium	16mg	18mg	0%
Calcium	15mg	15mg	0%
Copper	0.08mg	0.084mg	0%
Vitamin A	0µg	2µg	0%
Manganese	0.01mg	0.011mg	0%
Trans fat	0.222g		N/A
Choline	59.7mg	60.6mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.163mg	0.208mg	0%
Threonine	0.695mg	0.768mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.761mg	0.781mg	0%
Leucine	1.318mg	1.36mg	0%
Lysine	1.435mg	1.531mg	0%
Methionine	0.426mg	0.441mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.65mg	0.681mg	0%
Valine	0.809mg	0.921mg	0%
Histidine	0.668mg	0.656mg	0%
Omega-3 - ALA	0.081g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.079g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	3.146g		N/A