Chicken meat vs. Lamb — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Differences between chicken meat and lamb

Chicken meat has more vitamin B6, vitamin B3, and vitamin B5, while lamb has more vitamin B12, zinc, iron, vitamin B2, copper, and choline.
Lamb's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 94% higher.
Lamb contains 3 times less vitamin B6 than chicken meat. Chicken meat contains 0.4mg of vitamin B6, while lamb contains 0.13mg.
The amount of saturated fat in chicken meat is lower.

The food types used in this comparison are Chicken, broilers or fryers, meat, and skin, cooked, roasted and Lamb, domestic, composite of trimmed retail cuts, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 1/4" fat, choice, cooked.

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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.

Chicken meat

Lamb

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+13.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+39%
Contains more IronIron	+49.2%
Contains more CopperCopper	+80.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+129.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-12.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+10.5%

~equal in Magnesium ~23mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~188mg

~equal in Manganese ~0.022mg

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.

Chicken meat

Lamb

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+92.9%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+27.4%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+56.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+207.7%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+58.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+48.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+750%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+91.7%
Contains more FolateFolate	+260%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	0.3µg	2.55µg	94%
Zinc	1.94mg	4.46mg	23%
Saturated fat	3.79g	8.83g	23%
Vitamin B6	0.4mg	0.13mg	21%
Fats	13.6g	20.94g	11%
Vitamin B3	8.487mg	6.66mg	11%
Polyunsaturated fat	2.97g	1.51g	10%
Monounsaturated fat	5.34g	8.82g	9%
Iron	1.26mg	1.88mg	8%
Vitamin B5	1.03mg	0.66mg	7%
Protein	27.3g	24.52g	6%
Copper	0.066mg	0.119mg	6%
Vitamin B2	0.168mg	0.25mg	6%
Vitamin A	48µg	0µg	5%
Selenium	23.9µg	26.4µg	5%
Choline	65.9mg	93.7mg	5%
Calories	239kcal	294kcal	3%
Cholesterol	88mg	97mg	3%
Potassium	223mg	310mg	3%
Vitamin B1	0.063mg	0.1mg	3%
Folate	5µg	18µg	3%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	4.6µg	2%
Vitamin D	0µg	0.1µg	1%
Phosphorus	182mg	188mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.27mg	0.14mg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	11g	8.3g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	88kcal	120kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	42g	34g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	2.2	1.2	N/A
Vitamin D*	2 IU	2 IU	0%
Magnesium	23mg	23mg	0%
Calcium	15mg	17mg	0%
Sodium	82mg	72mg	0%
Manganese	0.02mg	0.022mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.305mg	0.287mg	0%
Threonine	1.128mg	1.05mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.362mg	1.183mg	0%
Leucine	1.986mg	1.908mg	0%
Lysine	2.223mg	2.166mg	0%
Methionine	0.726mg	0.629mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.061mg	0.998mg	0%
Valine	1.325mg	1.323mg	0%
Histidine	0.802mg	0.777mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.01g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.04g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.02g	0g	N/A