Turkey breast vs. Beef ribs — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between turkey breast and beef ribs?

Turkey breast is higher in vitamin B6, vitamin B3, and vitamin B5, yet beef ribs are higher in vitamin B12, zinc, iron, vitamin B2, and monounsaturated fat.
Beef ribs' daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 80% more.
Turkey breast has 2 times more vitamin B6 than beef ribs. While turkey breast has 0.48mg of vitamin B6, beef ribs have only 0.23mg.
The amount of cholesterol in turkey breast is lower.

We used Turkey, all classes, breast, meat, and skin, raw and Beef, rib, large end (ribs 6-9), separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, 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.

Turkey breast

Beef ribs

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+20%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+30%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+38.5%

Contains more IronIron	+94.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+18.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+266.9%

~equal in Potassium ~290mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~172mg

~equal in Sodium ~64mg

~equal in Selenium ~21.2µg

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 ribs

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+42.9%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+67.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+108.7%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+20.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+65.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+454.8%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

~equal in Folate ~7µg

~equal in Choline ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.42µg	2.33µg	80%
Saturated fat	1.91g	12.29g	47%
Zinc	1.57mg	5.76mg	38%
Fats	7.02g	30.49g	36%
Monounsaturated fat	2.66g	13.04g	26%
Vitamin B6	0.48mg	0.23mg	19%
Iron	1.2mg	2.33mg	14%
Calories	157kcal	372kcal	11%
Vitamin B3	5.2mg	3.64mg	10%
Cholesterol	65mg	85mg	7%
Vitamin B2	0.115mg	0.19mg	6%
Vitamin B5	0.621mg	0.37mg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.66g	1.05g	4%
Selenium	22.4µg	21.2µg	2%
Phosphorus	186mg	172mg	2%
Protein	21.89g	22.8g	2%
Copper	0.074mg	0.088mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.058mg	0.07mg	1%
Magnesium	24mg	20mg	1%
Calcium	13mg	10mg	0%
Potassium	275mg	290mg	0%
Sodium	59mg	64mg	0%
Vitamin A	2µg	0µg	0%
Manganese	0.018mg	0.013mg	0%
Folate	7µg	7µg	0%
Tryptophan	0.242mg	0.255mg	0%
Threonine	0.957mg	0.996mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.099mg	1.025mg	0%
Leucine	1.704mg	1.802mg	0%
Lysine	1.996mg	1.897mg	0%
Methionine	0.616mg	0.584mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.857mg	0.89mg	0%
Valine	1.141mg	1.109mg	0%
Histidine	0.66mg	0.781mg	0%
Omega-3 - DHA	0.01g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.01g		N/A