Short ribs vs. Beef — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on the differences between short ribs and beef

Short ribs are higher in zinc, yet beef is higher in vitamin B12, vitamin B6, vitamin B3, vitamin B2, phosphorus, iron, and selenium.
Short ribs cover your daily saturated fat needs 76% more than beef.
Short ribs contain 9 times more vitamin D than beef. While short ribs contain 27IU of vitamin D, beef contains only 3IU.
The amount of saturated fat in beef is lower.

Food varieties used in this article are Beef, rib, shortribs, separable lean, and fat, choice, cooked, braised and Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, cooked, roasted.

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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.

Short ribs

Beef

Contains more ZincZinc	+31.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+44.4%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+57.1%
Contains more IronIron	+31.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+59.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+22.1%

~equal in Magnesium ~14mg

~equal in Calcium ~13mg

~equal in Copper ~0.097mg

~equal in Sodium ~54mg

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.

Short ribs

Beef

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+16%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+600%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+50%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+48%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+166.7%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+134.9%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+90.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+204.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+60.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+40%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Choline ~75.6mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Saturated fat	17.8g	2.595g	69%
Vitamin B12	2.62µg	4.21µg	66%
Fats	41.98g	6.54g	55%
Monounsaturated fat	18.88g	2.734g	40%
Vitamin B6	0.22mg	0.669mg	35%
Vitamin B3	2.452mg	5.76mg	21%
Vitamin B2	0.15mg	0.4mg	19%
Calories	471kcal	169kcal	15%
Phosphorus	162mg	259mg	14%
Protein	21.57g	27.55g	12%
Zinc	4.88mg	3.7mg	11%
Iron	2.31mg	3.04mg	9%
Selenium	20.8µg	25.4µg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.53g	0.532g	7%
Vitamin B5	0.252mg	0.481mg	5%
Potassium	224mg	352mg	4%
Cholesterol	94mg	85mg	3%
Vitamin D	27IU	3IU	3%
Vitamin D	0.7µg	0.1µg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.05mg	0.074mg	2%
Folate	5µg	7µg	1%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	1.6µg	1%
Choline	82.2mg	75.6mg	1%
Magnesium	15mg	14mg	0%
Calcium	12mg	13mg	0%
Copper	0.099mg	0.097mg	0%
Sodium	50mg	54mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.29mg	0.25mg	0%
Vitamin A	0µg	2µg	0%
Manganese	0.013mg	0.009mg	0%
Trans fat		0.375g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.142mg	0.359mg	0%
Threonine	0.862mg	1.534mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.981mg	1.52mg	0%
Leucine	1.716mg	2.833mg	0%
Lysine	1.823mg	3.178mg	0%
Methionine	0.562mg	0.871mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.852mg	1.299mg	0%
Valine	1.07mg	1.603mg	0%
Histidine	0.688mg	1.244mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.003g	0.002g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g	0.002g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.013g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.016g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.017g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.349g	N/A