Steak vs. Horse meat — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are steak and horse meat different?

Steak is richer in selenium, zinc, vitamin B2, and vitamin B6, while horse meat is higher in vitamin B12, iron, phosphorus, and copper.
Horse meat covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 40% more than steak.
Steak contains 4 times more saturated fat than horse meat. Steak contains 8.443g of saturated fat, while horse meat contains 1.9g.

Beef, rib eye steak, boneless, lip off, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled and Game meat, horse, 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.

Steak

Horse meat

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+50%
Contains more ZincZinc	+66%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+135.6%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+35.8%
Contains more IronIron	+109.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+101.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+51.5%

~equal in Magnesium ~25mg

~equal in Sodium ~55mg

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

Horse meat

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+150.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+51.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+35.1%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+43.6%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~4.84mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~mg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.2µg	3.16µg	40%
Selenium	31.8µg	13.5µg	33%
Iron	2.4mg	5.03mg	33%
Saturated fat	8.443g	1.9g	30%
Zinc	6.34mg	3.82mg	23%
Fats	19.02g	6.05g	20%
Monounsaturated fat	9.171g	2.12g	18%
Vitamin B2	0.301mg	0.12mg	14%
Vitamin B6	0.5mg	0.33mg	13%
Phosphorus	163mg	247mg	12%
Copper	0.085mg	0.171mg	10%
Protein	24.85g	28.14g	7%
Calories	271kcal	175kcal	5%
Potassium	279mg	379mg	3%
Cholesterol	78mg	68mg	3%
Folate	6µg		2%
Vitamin B1	0.074mg	0.1mg	2%
Vitamin B3	5.149mg	4.84mg	2%
Vitamin C	0mg	2mg	2%
Manganese		0.022mg	1%
Vitamin D	0.1µg		1%
Vitamin A	7µg	0µg	1%
Vitamin K	1.6µg		1%
Vitamin D	6IU		1%
Magnesium	23mg	25mg	0%
Calcium	12mg	8mg	0%
Sodium	58mg	55mg	0%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.896g	0.85g	0%
Tryptophan	0.278mg	0.349mg	0%
Threonine	1.171mg	1.262mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.157mg	1.334mg	0%
Leucine	2.142mg	2.232mg	0%
Lysine	2.38mg	2.398mg	0%
Methionine	0.672mg	0.623mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.997mg	1.157mg	0%
Valine	1.242mg	1.458mg	0%
Histidine	0.931mg	1.081mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g		N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.013g		N/A