Steak vs. Duck meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between steak and duck meat?

Steak is higher in vitamin B12, zinc, vitamin B6, and selenium, yet duck meat is higher in copper, vitamin B1, and monounsaturated fat.
Steak's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 79% more.
Steak has 3 times more zinc than duck meat. While steak has 6.34mg of zinc, duck meat has only 1.86mg.
The amount of saturated fat in steak is lower.

We used Beef, rib eye steak, boneless, lip off, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled and Duck, domesticated, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted types 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.

Steak

Duck meat

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+43.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+36.8%
Contains more ZincZinc	+240.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+59%

Contains more IronIron	+12.5%
Contains more CopperCopper	+167.1%

~equal in Calcium ~11mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~156mg

~equal in Sodium ~59mg

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.

Steak

Duck meat

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+11.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+177.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+633.3%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+800%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+135.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+218.8%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~0.1µg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~4.825mg

~equal in Folate ~6µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.2µg	0.3µg	79%
Zinc	6.34mg	1.86mg	41%
Vitamin B6	0.5mg	0.18mg	25%
Vitamin B5		1.098mg	22%
Selenium	31.8µg	20µg	21%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.896g	3.65g	18%
Copper	0.085mg	0.227mg	16%
Fats	19.02g	28.35g	14%
Protein	24.85g	18.99g	12%
Monounsaturated fat	9.171g	12.9g	9%
Choline		50.4mg	9%
Vitamin B1	0.074mg	0.174mg	8%
Vitamin A	7µg	63µg	6%
Saturated fat	8.443g	9.67g	6%
Vitamin E		0.7mg	5%
Iron	2.4mg	2.7mg	4%
Vitamin K	1.6µg	5.1µg	3%
Calories	271kcal	337kcal	3%
Vitamin B2	0.301mg	0.269mg	2%
Vitamin B3	5.149mg	4.825mg	2%
Potassium	279mg	204mg	2%
Magnesium	23mg	16mg	2%
Cholesterol	78mg	84mg	2%
Manganese		0.019mg	1%
Phosphorus	163mg	156mg	1%
Vitamin D	6IU	3IU	0%
Calcium	12mg	11mg	0%
Sodium	58mg	59mg	0%
Vitamin D	0.1µg	0.1µg	0%
Folate	6µg	6µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.278mg	0.232mg	0%
Threonine	1.171mg	0.773mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.157mg	0.872mg	0%
Leucine	2.142mg	1.465mg	0%
Lysine	2.38mg	1.486mg	0%
Methionine	0.672mg	0.475mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.997mg	0.752mg	0%
Valine	1.242mg	0.938mg	0%
Histidine	0.931mg	0.462mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.013g	0g	N/A