Short ribs vs. Duck meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are short ribs and duck meat different?

Short ribs are richer in vitamin B12, zinc, and choline, while duck meat is higher in vitamin B5, vitamin B3, copper, vitamin B1, and vitamin B2.
Short ribs cover your daily need for vitamin B12, 97% more than duck meat.
Short ribs contain 9 times more vitamin D than duck meat. Short ribs contain 27IU of vitamin D, while duck meat contains 3IU.
Duck meat is lower in saturated fat.

Beef, rib, shortribs, separable lean, and fat, choice, cooked, braised and Duck, domesticated, 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.

Short ribs

Duck meat

Contains more ZincZinc	+162.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-15.3%

Contains more IronIron	+16.9%
Contains more CopperCopper	+129.3%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+46.2%

~equal in Magnesium ~16mg

~equal in Calcium ~11mg

~equal in Potassium ~204mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~156mg

~equal in Selenium ~20µg

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

Duck meat

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+600%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+22.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+773.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+63.1%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+141.4%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+248%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+79.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+96.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+335.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+112.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+20%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.62µg	0.3µg	97%
Saturated fat	17.8g	9.67g	37%
Zinc	4.88mg	1.86mg	27%
Fats	41.98g	28.35g	21%
Vitamin B5	0.252mg	1.098mg	17%
Monounsaturated fat	18.88g	12.9g	15%
Vitamin B3	2.452mg	4.825mg	15%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.53g	3.65g	14%
Copper	0.099mg	0.227mg	14%
Vitamin B1	0.05mg	0.174mg	10%
Vitamin B2	0.15mg	0.269mg	9%
Vitamin A	0µg	63µg	7%
Calories	471kcal	337kcal	7%
Choline	82.2mg	50.4mg	6%
Protein	21.57g	18.99g	5%
Iron	2.31mg	2.7mg	5%
Vitamin E	0.29mg	0.7mg	3%
Vitamin D	0.7µg	0.1µg	3%
Cholesterol	94mg	84mg	3%
Vitamin B6	0.22mg	0.18mg	3%
Vitamin D	27IU	3IU	3%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	5.1µg	2%
Selenium	20.8µg	20µg	1%
Phosphorus	162mg	156mg	1%
Potassium	224mg	204mg	1%
Magnesium	15mg	16mg	0%
Calcium	12mg	11mg	0%
Sodium	50mg	59mg	0%
Manganese	0.013mg	0.019mg	0%
Folate	5µg	6µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.142mg	0.232mg	0%
Threonine	0.862mg	0.773mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.981mg	0.872mg	0%
Leucine	1.716mg	1.465mg	0%
Lysine	1.823mg	1.486mg	0%
Methionine	0.562mg	0.475mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.852mg	0.752mg	0%
Valine	1.07mg	0.938mg	0%
Histidine	0.688mg	0.462mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.003g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.016g	0g	N/A