Turkey meat vs. Lamb ribs — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

Compare

What are the differences between turkey meat and lamb ribs?

Turkey meat is higher in vitamin B6, vitamin B3, selenium, phosphorus, vitamin B5, and vitamin B2, yet lamb ribs is higher in vitamin B12, zinc, and iron.
Lamb ribs's daily need coverage for saturated fat is 53% more.
Turkey meat has 6 times more vitamin B6 than lamb ribs. While turkey meat has 0.616mg of vitamin B6, lamb ribs has only 0.11mg.
The amount of saturated fat in turkey meat is lower.

We used Turkey, whole, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Lamb, domestic, rib, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked, roasted types in this article.

Infographic

Infographic link

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 meat

Lamb ribs

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+50%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+34.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+36.7%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+57.1%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+13.4%
Contains more IronIron	+46.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+23.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+40.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-29.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+35.7%

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 meat

Lamb ribs

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+33.8%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+41.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+50.5%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+460%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+42.9%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+100%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+118.6%
Contains more FolateFolate	+66.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	1.02µg	2.23µg	50%
Saturated fat	2.155g	12.77g	48%
Vitamin B6	0.616mg	0.11mg	39%
Fats	7.39g	29.82g	35%
Monounsaturated fat	2.647g	12.52g	25%
Vitamin B3	9.573mg	6.75mg	18%
Choline	87.4mg		16%
Protein	28.55g	21.12g	15%
Selenium	29.8µg	21.8µg	15%
Zinc	2.48mg	3.49mg	9%
Calories	189kcal	359kcal	9%
Phosphorus	223mg	166mg	8%
Iron	1.09mg	1.6mg	6%
Vitamin B5	0.948mg	0.63mg	6%
Vitamin B2	0.281mg	0.21mg	5%
Cholesterol	109mg	97mg	4%
Vitamin B1	0.045mg	0.09mg	4%
Copper	0.093mg	0.115mg	2%
Vitamin D	0.4µg		2%
Magnesium	30mg	20mg	2%
Vitamin D	15IU		2%
Folate	9µg	15µg	2%
Sodium	103mg	73mg	1%
Vitamin A	12µg	0µg	1%
Potassium	239mg	271mg	1%
Calcium	14mg	22mg	1%
Carbs	0.06g	0g	0%
Net carbs	0.06g	0g	N/A
Vitamin E	0.07mg	0.1mg	0%
Manganese	0.014mg	0.019mg	0%
Trans fat	0.101g		N/A
Polyunsaturated fat	2.119g	2.17g	0%
Tryptophan	0.291mg	0.247mg	0%
Threonine	1.004mg	0.904mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.796mg	1.019mg	0%
Leucine	1.925mg	1.642mg	0%
Lysine	2.282mg	1.865mg	0%
Methionine	0.724mg	0.542mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.903mg	0.86mg	0%
Valine	0.902mg	1.139mg	0%
Histidine	0.749mg	0.669mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.008g		N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.005g		N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.105g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.008g		N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid	0.001g		N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid	0.003g		N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid	0.01g		N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.014g		N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid	1.841g		N/A