Steak vs. Pork jowl — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between steak and pork jowl

Steak has more vitamin B12, selenium, zinc, vitamin B6, iron, and phosphorus; however, pork jowl has more vitamin B1.
Pork jowl's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 84% more.
Steak has 21 times more selenium than pork jowl. Steak has 31.8µg of selenium, while pork jowl has 1.5µg.
Steak is lower in saturated fat.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Beef, rib eye steak, boneless, lip off, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled and Pork, fresh, variety meats, and by-products, jowl, raw.

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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

Pork jowl

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+666.7%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+200%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+88.5%
Contains more IronIron	+471.4%
Contains more CopperCopper	+112.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+654.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+89.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+2020%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-56.9%

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

Pork jowl

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+133.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+27.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+13.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+455.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+168.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+500%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1

+421.6%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Fats	19.02g	69.61g	78%
Saturated fat	8.443g	25.26g	76%
Monounsaturated fat	9.171g	32.89g	59%
Vitamin B12	2.2µg	0.82µg	58%
Selenium	31.8µg	1.5µg	55%
Zinc	6.34mg	0.84mg	50%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.896g	8.11g	48%
Protein	24.85g	6.38g	37%
Vitamin B6	0.5mg	0.09mg	32%
Vitamin B1	0.074mg	0.386mg	26%
Iron	2.4mg	0.42mg	25%
Calories	271kcal	655kcal	19%
Phosphorus	163mg	86mg	11%
Magnesium	23mg	3mg	5%
Copper	0.085mg	0.04mg	5%
Vitamin B2	0.301mg	0.236mg	5%
Vitamin B5		0.25mg	5%
Cholesterol	78mg	90mg	4%
Potassium	279mg	148mg	4%
Vitamin B3	5.149mg	4.535mg	4%
Vitamin E		0.29mg	2%
Vitamin D*	6 IU		1%
Vitamin D	0.1µg		1%
Calcium	12mg	4mg	1%
Sodium	58mg	25mg	1%
Vitamin K	1.6µg		1%
Folate	6µg	1µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	9.2g	0.97g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	109kcal	1027kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	37g	15g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	1.2	1.6	N/A
Vitamin A	7µg	3µg	0%
Manganese		0.005mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.278mg	0.021mg	0%
Threonine	1.171mg	0.21mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.157mg	0.168mg	0%
Leucine	2.142mg	0.446mg	0%
Lysine	2.38mg	0.528mg	0%
Methionine	0.672mg	0.095mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.997mg	0.239mg	0%
Valine	1.242mg	0.305mg	0%
Histidine	0.931mg	0.072mg	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