Turkey meat vs. Turkey breast — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between turkey meat and turkey breast?

Turkey meat is richer than turkey breast in vitamin B3, vitamin B12, selenium, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, zinc, vitamin B5, and phosphorus.
Turkey meat's daily need coverage for vitamin B3 is 27% more.
Turkey meat has 2 times more vitamin B2 than turkey breast. While turkey meat has 0.281mg of vitamin B2, turkey breast has only 0.115mg.
The amount of cholesterol in turkey breast is lower.

We used Turkey, whole, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Turkey, all classes, breast, meat, and skin, raw 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 meat

Turkey breast

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+25%
Contains more CopperCopper	+25.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+58%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+19.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+33%

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+15.1%
Contains more IronIron	+10.1%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-42.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+28.6%

~equal in Calcium ~13mg

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

Turkey breast

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+500%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+144.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+84.1%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+52.7%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+28.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+142.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+28.6%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1

+28.9%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B3	9.573mg	5.2mg	27%
Vitamin B12	1.02µg	0.42µg	25%
Choline	87.4mg		16%
Cholesterol	109mg	65mg	15%
Protein	28.55g	21.89g	13%
Vitamin B2	0.281mg	0.115mg	13%
Selenium	29.8µg	22.4µg	13%
Vitamin B6	0.616mg	0.48mg	10%
Zinc	2.48mg	1.57mg	8%
Vitamin B5	0.948mg	0.621mg	7%
Phosphorus	223mg	186mg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.119g	1.66g	3%
Vitamin D	0.4µg		2%
Calories	189kcal	157kcal	2%
Sodium	103mg	59mg	2%
Copper	0.093mg	0.074mg	2%
Vitamin D	15IU		2%
Vitamin A	12µg	2µg	1%
Saturated fat	2.155g	1.91g	1%
Folate	9µg	7µg	1%
Magnesium	30mg	24mg	1%
Potassium	239mg	275mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.045mg	0.058mg	1%
Iron	1.09mg	1.2mg	1%
Fats	7.39g	7.02g	1%
Carbs	0.06g	0g	0%
Net carbs	0.06g	0g	N/A
Calcium	14mg	13mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.07mg		0%
Manganese	0.014mg	0.018mg	0%
Trans fat	0.101g		N/A
Monounsaturated fat	2.647g	2.66g	0%
Tryptophan	0.291mg	0.242mg	0%
Threonine	1.004mg	0.957mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.796mg	1.099mg	0%
Leucine	1.925mg	1.704mg	0%
Lysine	2.282mg	1.996mg	0%
Methionine	0.724mg	0.616mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.903mg	0.857mg	0%
Valine	0.902mg	1.141mg	0%
Histidine	0.749mg	0.66mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.008g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.005g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.105g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.008g	0.01g	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