Salmon vs chicken
In short
One serving each: 175 calories in salmon (3 oz, 85 g), 140 calories in chicken (3 oz, 85 g). Most of those in chicken come from protein.
More in salmon: vitamin B12 (8.2×), vitamin D, selenium, thiamin (4.9×) and 6 more. More in chicken: niacin, protein, cholesterol and zinc (2.3×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
3 oz (85 g) · 18.8 g protein · 0 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 10.5 g fat
3 oz (85 g) · 26.4 g protein · 0 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 3 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Vitamin B122.4 µg · 0.29 µg99%12%
- Vitamin D11.1 µg · 0.085 µg56%<1%
- Niacin (B3)6.8 mg · 11.7 mg43%73%
- Selenium35.2 µg · 23.5 µg64%43%
- Thiamin (B1)0.29 mg · 0.06 mg24%5%
- Protein18.8 g · 26.4 g38%53%
- Total fat10.5 g · 3 g13%4%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)1.3 mg · 0.82 mg25%16%
- Folate28.9 µg · 3.4 µg7%1%
- Cholesterollimit53.5 mg · 72.3 mg18%24%
- Vitamin A58.6 µg · 5.1 µg7%1%
- Saturated fatlimit2 g · 0.86 g10%4%
- Vitamin E0.97 mg · 0.23 mg6%2%
- Zinc0.37 mg · 0.85 mg3%8%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Carbohydrates0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit51.9 mg · 62.9 mg2%·3%
- Potassium326 mg · 218 mg7%·5%
- Calcium12.8 mg · 12.8 mg1%·1%
- Iron0.29 mg · 0.88 mg2%·5%
- Magnesium25.5 mg · 24.6 mg6%·6%
- Phosphorus214 mg · 194 mg17%·16%
- Copper0.042 mg · 0.042 mg5%·5%
- Manganese0.014 mg · 0.014 mg1%·1%
- Vitamin C3.1 mg · 0 mg3%·0%
- Vitamin K0.085 µg · 0.26 µg<1%·<1%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.11 mg · 0.097 mg9%·7%
- Vitamin B60.55 mg · 0.51 mg32%·30%
- Choline76.9 mg · 72.5 mg14%·13%
From USDA FoodData Central: Farmed Atlantic salmon, cooked (SR Legacy 175168), Chicken breast, meat only, roasted (SR Legacy 171477). 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.