Porterhouse steak vs. Beef tenderloin — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are porterhouse steak and beef tenderloin different?

Porterhouse steak has more vitamin B6 and vitamin B3; however, beef tenderloin is richer in vitamin B12, selenium, and monounsaturated fat.
Beef tenderloin covers your daily need for saturated fat, 12% more than porterhouse steak.
Porterhouse steak contains less cholesterol.

Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled and Beef, tenderloin, roast, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, cooked, roasted 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.

Porterhouse steak

Beef tenderloin

Contains more ZincZinc

+13.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+28.6%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+10.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-12.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+16.8%

~equal in Magnesium ~22mg

~equal in Iron ~3.11mg

~equal in Copper ~0.123mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~203mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.014mg

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.

Porterhouse steak

Beef tenderloin

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+40.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+25.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+46%

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+14%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+12.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+14.3%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.09mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Choline ~91mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.18µg	2.46µg	12%
Saturated fat	7.271g	9.72g	11%
Vitamin B6	0.365mg	0.25mg	9%
Vitamin B3	4.21mg	3mg	8%
Fats	19.27g	24.6g	8%
Selenium	19.6µg	22.9µg	6%
Cholesterol	67mg	85mg	6%
Zinc	4.56mg	4.03mg	5%
Monounsaturated fat	8.65g	10.27g	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.69g	1g	2%
Vitamin B2	0.228mg	0.26mg	2%
Calories	276kcal	324kcal	2%
Iron	2.94mg	3.11mg	2%
Vitamin E	0.18mg		1%
Vitamin B5	0.314mg	0.25mg	1%
Copper	0.13mg	0.123mg	1%
Potassium	299mg	331mg	1%
Phosphorus	193mg	203mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.099mg	0.09mg	1%
Protein	23.96g	23.9g	0%
Magnesium	22mg	22mg	0%
Calcium	7mg	9mg	0%
Sodium	65mg	57mg	0%
Manganese	0.015mg	0.014mg	0%
Folate	7µg	8µg	0%
Choline	91.3mg	91mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.259mg	0.268mg	0%
Threonine	1.104mg	1.044mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.228mg	1.075mg	0%
Leucine	2.105mg	1.889mg	0%
Lysine	2.233mg	1.989mg	0%
Methionine	0.676mg	0.612mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.033mg	0.933mg	0%
Valine	1.288mg	1.163mg	0%
Histidine	0.775mg	0.818mg	0%