Turkey breast vs. Beef — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are turkey breast and beef different?

Beef is higher than turkey breast in vitamin B12, iron, vitamin B2, zinc, vitamin B6, phosphorus, and selenium.
Beef covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 158% more than turkey breast.
Turkey breast contains 2 times more magnesium than beef. Turkey breast contains 24mg of magnesium, while beef contains 14mg.
Turkey breast is lower in cholesterol.

Turkey, all classes, breast, meat, and skin, raw and Beef, loin, tenderloin roast, separable lean only, boneless, trimmed to 0" fat, select, 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.

Turkey breast

Beef

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+71.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+100%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+28%
Contains more IronIron	+153.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+31.1%
Contains more ZincZinc	+135.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+39.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+13.4%

~equal in Calcium ~13mg

~equal in Sodium ~54mg

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.

Turkey breast

Beef

Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5

+29.1%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+27.6%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+247.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+10.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+39.4%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+902.4%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin A ~2µg

~equal in Folate ~7µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.42µg	4.21µg	158%
Iron	1.2mg	3.04mg	23%
Vitamin B2	0.115mg	0.4mg	22%
Zinc	1.57mg	3.7mg	19%
Vitamin B6	0.48mg	0.669mg	15%
Choline		75.6mg	14%
Protein	21.89g	27.55g	11%
Phosphorus	186mg	259mg	10%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.66g	0.532g	8%
Cholesterol	65mg	85mg	7%
Selenium	22.4µg	25.4µg	5%
Vitamin B3	5.2mg	5.76mg	4%
Vitamin B5	0.621mg	0.481mg	3%
Saturated fat	1.91g	2.595g	3%
Copper	0.074mg	0.097mg	3%
Potassium	275mg	352mg	2%
Vitamin E		0.25mg	2%
Magnesium	24mg	14mg	2%
Vitamin K		1.6µg	1%
Calories	157kcal	169kcal	1%
Vitamin B1	0.058mg	0.074mg	1%
Vitamin D		0.1µg	1%
Fats	7.02g	6.54g	1%
Vitamin D		3IU	0%
Calcium	13mg	13mg	0%
Sodium	59mg	54mg	0%
Vitamin A	2µg	2µg	0%
Manganese	0.018mg	0.009mg	0%
Folate	7µg	7µg	0%
Trans fat		0.375g	N/A
Monounsaturated fat	2.66g	2.734g	0%
Tryptophan	0.242mg	0.359mg	0%
Threonine	0.957mg	1.534mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.099mg	1.52mg	0%
Leucine	1.704mg	2.833mg	0%
Lysine	1.996mg	3.178mg	0%
Methionine	0.616mg	0.871mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.857mg	1.299mg	0%
Valine	1.141mg	1.603mg	0%
Histidine	0.66mg	1.244mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.002g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.01g	0.002g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.013g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.01g	0.011g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.017g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.349g	N/A