Steak vs. Frog legs — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the differences between steak and frog legs?

Steak is higher in vitamin B12, zinc, selenium, vitamin B6, vitamin B3, and iron, yet frog legs are higher in copper and vitamin B1.
Steak's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 75% more.
Steak has 111 times more saturated fat than frog legs. While steak has 8.443g of saturated fat, frog legs have only 0.076g.

We used Beef, rib eye steak, boneless, lip off, separable lean, and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, all grades, cooked, grilled and Frog legs, 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.

Steak

Frog legs

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+15%
Contains more IronIron	+60%
Contains more ZincZinc	+534%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+125.5%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+50%
Contains more CopperCopper	+194.1%

~equal in Potassium ~285mg

~equal in Phosphorus ~147mg

~equal in Sodium ~58mg

~equal in Manganese ~mg

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.

Steak

Frog legs

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+20.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+329.1%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+316.7%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+450%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+1500%

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+100%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+114.3%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+89.2%
Contains more FolateFolate	+150%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B5 ~mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	2.2µg	0.4µg	75%
Zinc	6.34mg	1mg	49%
Saturated fat	8.443g	0.076g	38%
Selenium	31.8µg	14.1µg	32%
Fats	19.02g	0.3g	29%
Vitamin B6	0.5mg	0.12mg	29%
Vitamin B3	5.149mg	1.2mg	25%
Monounsaturated fat	9.171g	0.053g	23%
Copper	0.085mg	0.25mg	18%
Protein	24.85g	16.4g	17%
Choline		65mg	12%
Iron	2.4mg	1.5mg	11%
Calories	271kcal	73kcal	10%
Cholesterol	78mg	50mg	9%
Vitamin E		1mg	7%
Vitamin B1	0.074mg	0.14mg	6%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.896g	0.102g	5%
Vitamin B2	0.301mg	0.25mg	4%
Phosphorus	163mg	147mg	2%
Folate	6µg	15µg	2%
Vitamin D	0.1µg	0.2µg	1%
Magnesium	23mg	20mg	1%
Calcium	12mg	18mg	1%
Vitamin A	7µg	15µg	1%
Vitamin K	1.6µg	0.1µg	1%
Protein per 100 calories	9.2g	22g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	109kcal	45kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	37g	137g	N/A
Unsaturated / Saturated Fat ratio	1.2	2	N/A
Vitamin D*	6 IU	8 IU	0%
Potassium	279mg	285mg	0%
Sodium	58mg	58mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.278mg		0%
Threonine	1.171mg		0%
Isoleucine	1.157mg		0%
Leucine	2.142mg		0%
Lysine	2.38mg		0%
Methionine	0.672mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.997mg		0%
Valine	1.242mg		0%
Histidine	0.931mg		0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.001g	0.014g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.001g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.013g	0.007g	N/A