Summer sausage vs. Ground beef — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between summer sausage and ground beef

Summer sausage has more vitamin B1 and vitamin A; however, ground beef is higher in zinc, vitamin B12, selenium, vitamin B6, and vitamin B3.
Summer sausage covers your daily need for sodium, 61% more than ground beef.
Summer sausage has 83 times more vitamin A than ground beef. While summer sausage has 749IU of vitamin A, ground beef has only 9IU.
Ground beef has less sodium.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Sausage, summer, pork, and beef, sticks, with cheddar cheese and Beef, ground, 70% lean meat / 30% fat, loaf, cooked, baked.

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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.

Summer sausage

Ground beef

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+145.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+255.6%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+30.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+17%
Contains more CopperCopper	+12.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+159.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-95.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+154.7%

~equal in Iron ~2.27mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~166mg

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.

Summer sausage

Ground beef

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+7400%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+388.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+48.4%

Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+38.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+139.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+43.9%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.171mg

~equal in Folate ~7µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	1483mg	73mg	61%
Fats	37.91g	15.37g	35%
Zinc	2.25mg	5.84mg	33%
Vitamin B12	1.73µg	2.49µg	32%
Vitamin A	225µg	3µg	25%
Selenium	7.5µg	19.1µg	21%
Saturated fat	10.47g	6.073g	20%
Vitamin B1	0.249mg	0.051mg	17%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.02g	0.408g	17%
Monounsaturated fat	13.68g	7.322g	16%
Vitamin B6	0.13mg	0.311mg	14%
Choline		73.2mg	13%
Protein	19.43g	23.87g	9%
Calories	426kcal	241kcal	9%
Vitamin B3	2.9mg	4.026mg	7%
Calcium	81mg	33mg	5%
Vitamin B5	0.76mg	0.512mg	5%
Phosphorus	178mg	166mg	2%
Vitamin K		2.9µg	2%
Vitamin D	0.3µg	0µg	2%
Copper	0.07mg	0.079mg	1%
Vitamin D	12IU	2IU	1%
Magnesium	13mg	17mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.16mg	0.171mg	1%
Carbs	1.82g	0g	1%
Potassium	206mg	241mg	1%
Manganese	0.032mg	0.009mg	1%
Vitamin E		0.12mg	1%
Fiber	0.2g	0g	1%
Net carbs	1.62g	0g	N/A
Cholesterol	89mg	88mg	0%
Iron	2.26mg	2.27mg	0%
Sugar	0.12g	0g	N/A
Folate	7µg	7µg	0%
Trans fat		1.173g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.15mg	0.121mg	0%
Threonine	0.54mg	0.923mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.62mg	1.055mg	0%
Leucine	1.1mg	1.861mg	0%
Lysine	1.16mg	1.976mg	0%
Methionine	0.36mg	0.614mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.56mg	0.931mg	0%
Valine	0.69mg	1.172mg	0%
Histidine	0.47mg	0.775mg	0%
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.008g	N/A