Chicken vs beef
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 61 g of chicken or 42 g of beef. Most of the calories in chicken come from protein.
More in chicken: niacin (3.5×), protein, selenium, vitamin B6 (2.3×) and 2 more. More in beef: vitamin B12 (5.5×), zinc (4.3×), saturated fat (3.8×) and total fat (2.8×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
60.6 g · 18.8 g protein · 0 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 2.2 g fat
41.7 g · 10.4 g protein · 0.26 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 6.1 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Vitamin B129% vs 47%
0.21 µg vs 1.1 µg
- Niacin (B3)52% vs 15%
8.3 mg vs 2.4 mg
- Zinc6% vs 23%
0.61 mg vs 2.6 mg
- Protein38% vs 21%
18.8 g vs 10.4 g
- Selenium30% vs 16%
16.7 µg vs 8.5 µg
- Vitamin B621% vs 9%
0.36 mg vs 0.16 mg
- Saturated fatlimit3% vs 12%
0.61 g vs 2.3 g
- Pantothenic acid (B5)12% vs 6%
0.58 mg vs 0.28 mg
- Cholesterollimit17% vs 12%
51.5 mg vs 35 mg
- Total fat3% vs 8%
2.2 g vs 6.1 g
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Carbohydrates0 g · 0.26 g0%·<1%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit44.8 mg · 35.4 mg2%·2%
- Potassium155 mg · 147 mg3%·3%
- Calcium9.1 mg · 10.4 mg1%·1%
- Iron0.63 mg · 1.1 mg4%·6%
- Magnesium17.6 mg · 9.2 mg4%·2%
- Phosphorus138 mg · 88.8 mg11%·7%
- Copper0.03 mg · 0.034 mg3%·4%
- Manganese0.01 mg · 0.005 mg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin A3.6 µg · 2.9 µg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0.061 µg · 0.083 µg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin E0.16 mg · 0.18 mg1%·1%
- Vitamin K0.18 µg · 0.71 µg<1%·1%
- Thiamin (B1)0.042 mg · 0.018 mg4%·1%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.069 mg · 0.075 mg5%·6%
- Folate2.4 µg · 3.8 µg1%·1%
- Choline51.7 mg · 33.8 mg9%·6%
From USDA FoodData Central: Chicken breast, meat only, roasted (SR Legacy 171477), Ground beef, cooked (SR Legacy 172161). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.