Pâté vs. Pork leg — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between pâté and pork leg

Pâté has more vitamin B12, vitamin A, iron, copper, vitamin B2, and selenium; however, pork leg is higher in vitamin B1 and vitamin B6.
Pâté covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 107% more than pork leg.
Pâté has 471 times more vitamin A than pork leg. While pâté has 3300 IU of vitamin A, pork leg has only 7 IU.
Pork leg has less sodium.
The glycemic index of pâté is higher.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Pate, liver, not specified, canned and Pork, fresh, leg (ham), whole, separable lean, and fat, raw.

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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.

Pâté

Pork leg

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+1300%
Contains more IronIron	+547.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+515.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+47.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+421.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+41.5%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+53.8%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+128.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-93.3%

~equal in Phosphorus ~199mg

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.

Pâté

Pork leg

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+185.7%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+200%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+75.2%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+407.9%
Contains more FolateFolate	+757.1%

Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+2353.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+38.6%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+568.3%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin A	991µg	0µg	110%
Vitamin B12	3.2µg	0.63µg	107%
Cholesterol	255mg	73mg	61%
Vitamin B1	0.03mg	0.736mg	59%
Iron	5.5mg	0.85mg	58%
Copper	0.4mg	0.065mg	37%
Vitamin B2	0.6mg	0.2mg	31%
Sodium	697mg	47mg	28%
Vitamin B6	0.06mg	0.401mg	26%
Selenium	41.6µg	29.4µg	22%
Fats	28g	18.87g	14%
Saturated fat	9.57g	6.54g	14%
Folate	60µg	7µg	13%
Vitamin B5	1.2mg	0.685mg	10%
Monounsaturated fat	12.36g	8.38g	10%
Zinc	2.85mg	1.93mg	8%
Vitamin B3	3.3mg	4.574mg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	3.16g	2.01g	8%
Calcium	70mg	5mg	7%
Protein	14.2g	17.43g	6%
Potassium	138mg	315mg	5%
Calories	319kcal	245kcal	4%
Manganese	0.12mg	0.023mg	4%
Vitamin D*		20 IU	3%
Vitamin D		0.5µg	3%
Magnesium	13mg	20mg	2%
Vitamin C	2mg	0.7mg	1%
Carbs	1.5g	0g	1%
Protein per 100 calories	4.5g	7.1g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	225kcal	141kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	31g	41g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	1.6	1.6	N/A
Net carbs	1.5g	0g	N/A
Phosphorus	200mg	199mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.157mg	0.208mg	0%
Threonine	0.568mg	0.776mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.554mg	0.787mg	0%
Leucine	1.05mg	1.376mg	0%
Lysine	0.838mg	1.55mg	0%
Methionine	0.284mg	0.444mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.582mg	0.689mg	0%
Valine	0.768mg	0.931mg	0%
Histidine	0.298mg	0.659mg	0%