Porterhouse steak vs. Flank steak — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between porterhouse steak and flank steak?

Porterhouse steak is higher in vitamin B12, fats, iron, vitamin B2, and copper; however, flank steak is richer in vitamin B3, selenium, vitamin B6, and protein.
Porterhouse steak's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 23% more.
Flank steak contains 2 times less fats than porterhouse steak. Porterhouse steak contains 19.27g of fats, while flank steak contains 8.23g.
Flank steak has less saturated fat.

We used Beef, short loin, porterhouse steak, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled and Beef, flank, steak, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, broiled types in this article.

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Mineral Comparison

The mineral comparison score is based on which food has a more favorable amount of each mineral. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily mineral needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Porterhouse steak

Flank steak

Contains more IronIron	+69%
Contains more CopperCopper	+58.5%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+66.7%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+185.7%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+13.4%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-13.8%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+50%

~equal in Magnesium ~23mg

~equal in Zinc ~4.9mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~210mg

Vitamin Comparison

The vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins in which one food is richer than the other. The �coverage� charts below show how much of the daily vitamin needs are covered by the selected amount of each food.

Porterhouse steak

Flank steak

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+32%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+71.4%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+33.7%

Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+111.1%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+74.9%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+73.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+58.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%
Contains more FolateFolate	+28.6%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin A ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.18µg	1.63µg	23%
Vitamin B3	4.21mg	7.363mg	20%
Selenium	19.6µg	29.4µg	18%
Saturated fat	7.271g	3.395g	18%
Fats	19.27g	8.23g	17%
Vitamin B6	0.365mg	0.579mg	16%
Iron	2.94mg	1.74mg	15%
Monounsaturated fat	8.65g	3.317g	13%
Protein	23.96g	27.66g	7%
Vitamin B2	0.228mg	0.133mg	7%
Copper	0.13mg	0.082mg	5%
Vitamin B5	0.314mg	0.545mg	5%
Calories	276kcal	192kcal	4%
Cholesterol	67mg	79mg	4%
Zinc	4.56mg	4.9mg	3%
Choline	91.3mg	105.4mg	3%
Phosphorus	193mg	210mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.099mg	0.075mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.69g	0.322g	2%
Calcium	7mg	20mg	1%
Potassium	299mg	339mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.18mg	0.38mg	1%
Vitamin K		1.4µg	1%
Folate	7µg	9µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	8.7g	14g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	115kcal	69kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	36g	52g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	1.3	1.1	N/A
Magnesium	22mg	23mg	0%
Sodium	65mg	56mg	0%
Manganese	0.015mg	0.009mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.259mg	0.182mg	0%
Threonine	1.104mg	1.105mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.228mg	1.259mg	0%
Leucine	2.105mg	2.201mg	0%
Lysine	2.233mg	2.338mg	0%
Methionine	0.676mg	0.72mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.033mg	1.093mg	0%
Valine	1.288mg	1.372mg	0%
Histidine	0.775mg	0.883mg	0%