Veal vs. Chuck steak — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between veal and chuck steak

Veal has more vitamin B3, vitamin B5, and vitamin B2, while chuck steak has more vitamin B12, zinc, selenium, and iron.
Chuck steak covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 73% more than veal.
Veal contains 2 times more vitamin B3 than chuck steak. While veal contains 8.03mg of vitamin B3, chuck steak contains only 4.663mg.
The amount of cholesterol in chuck steak is lower.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Veal, ground, cooked, broiled and Beef, chuck eye steak, boneless, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled.

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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.

Veal

Chuck steak

Contains more CopperCopper	+33.8%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+12.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+191.7%

Contains more IronIron	+147.5%
Contains more ZincZinc	+124.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-14.5%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+100.7%

~equal in Magnesium ~22mg

~equal in Calcium ~16mg

~equal in Potassium ~325mg

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.

Veal

Chuck steak

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+50%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+41.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+72.2%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+54.3%
Contains more FolateFolate	+83.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+20.3%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+138.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+33.3%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.066mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.373mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	1.27µg	3.03µg	73%
Zinc	3.87mg	8.68mg	44%
Saturated fat	3.04g	8.66g	26%
Selenium	13.7µg	27.5µg	25%
Vitamin B3	8.03mg	4.663mg	21%
Fats	7.56g	19.64g	19%
Iron	0.99mg	2.45mg	18%
Monounsaturated fat	2.84g	9.457g	17%
Vitamin B5	1.16mg	0.752mg	8%
Vitamin B2	0.27mg	0.191mg	6%
Calories	172kcal	277kcal	5%
Cholesterol	103mg	87mg	5%
Phosphorus	217mg	193mg	3%
Choline	95mg	79mg	3%
Copper	0.103mg	0.077mg	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.55g	0.81g	2%
Folate	11µg	6µg	1%
Protein	24.38g	24.98g	1%
Vitamin B6	0.39mg	0.373mg	1%
Manganese	0.035mg	0.012mg	1%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.1µg	1%
Vitamin A	0µg	7µg	1%
Sodium	83mg	71mg	1%
Vitamin D	0IU	5IU	1%
Magnesium	24mg	22mg	0%
Calcium	17mg	16mg	0%
Potassium	337mg	325mg	0%
Vitamin E	0.15mg	0.1mg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.07mg	0.066mg	0%
Vitamin K	1.2µg	1.6µg	0%
Trans fat		1.287g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.247mg	0.281mg	0%
Threonine	1.065mg	1.099mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.201mg	1.062mg	0%
Leucine	1.94mg	2.009mg	0%
Lysine	2.009mg	2.184mg	0%
Methionine	0.569mg	0.709mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.984mg	0.951mg	0%
Valine	1.347mg	1.129mg	0%
Histidine	0.885mg	0.809mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.041g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.004g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.006g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.619g	N/A