Salami vs. Chicken meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are salami and chicken meat different?

Salami has more vitamin B12, manganese, copper, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, selenium, and zinc; however, chicken meat is richer in vitamin B3.
Salami covers your daily need for sodium, 72% more than chicken meat.
Salami has 49 times more manganese than chicken meat. Salami has 0.978mg of manganese, while chicken meat has 0.02mg.
Chicken meat contains less sodium.
Salami has a higher glycemic index. The glycemic index of salami is 28, while the glycemic index of chicken meat is 0.

Salami, cooked, beef, and pork and Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, 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.

Salami

Chicken meat

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+41.7%
Contains more IronIron	+23.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+440.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+51%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+4790%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+31%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+21.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-95.3%

~equal in Calcium ~15mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~182mg

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.

Salami

Chicken meat

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+482.5%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+112.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+16.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+14.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+406.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+33.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+41.9%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+22.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+40.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+66.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	1740mg	82mg	72%
Vitamin B12	1.52µg	0.3µg	51%
Manganese	0.978mg	0.02mg	42%
Copper	0.357mg	0.066mg	32%
Saturated fat	9.316g	3.79g	25%
Vitamin B1	0.367mg	0.063mg	25%
Fats	25.9g	13.6g	19%
Vitamin B2	0.357mg	0.168mg	15%
Vitamin B3	6.053mg	8.487mg	15%
Monounsaturated fat	11.127g	5.34g	14%
Selenium	31.3µg	23.9µg	13%
Protein	21.85g	27.3g	11%
Zinc	2.93mg	1.94mg	9%
Vitamin D	1µg	0µg	5%
Vitamin A	0µg	48µg	5%
Calories	336kcal	239kcal	5%
Vitamin B6	0.459mg	0.4mg	5%
Choline	93.5mg	65.9mg	5%
Vitamin D	41IU	2IU	5%
Iron	1.56mg	1.26mg	4%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.529g	2.97g	3%
Vitamin B5	1.201mg	1.03mg	3%
Potassium	316mg	223mg	3%
Phosphorus	191mg	182mg	1%
Vitamin K	3.2µg	2.4µg	1%
Folate	3µg	5µg	1%
Magnesium	19mg	23mg	1%
Carbs	2.4g	0g	1%
Net carbs	2.4g	0g	N/A
Cholesterol	89mg	88mg	0%
Calcium	15mg	15mg	0%
Sugar	0.96g	0g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.22mg	0.27mg	0%
Trans fat	0.586g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.114mg	0.305mg	0%
Threonine	0.521mg	1.128mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.675mg	1.362mg	0%
Leucine	0.929mg	1.986mg	0%
Lysine	1.107mg	2.223mg	0%
Methionine	0.301mg	0.726mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.481mg	1.061mg	0%
Valine	0.668mg	1.325mg	0%
Histidine	0.359mg	0.802mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.04g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.126g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.084g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	2.104g		N/A