Beef vs Mutton: What Should You Choose?
Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?
Mutton vs Beef: Nutrition Comparison
| per 100g | Beef | Mutton |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 250 | 232 |
| Fat | 15.41 g | 18 g |
| Protein | 25.93 g | 18 g |
| Water | 57.98 g | 58.6 g |
| Calcium | 18 mg | 9 mg |
| Iron | 2.6 mg | 2.3 mg |
| Magnessium | 21 mg | 23 mg |
| Phosphorus | 1.2 mg | 155 mg |
| Potassium | 318 mg | 249 mg |
| Sodium | 72 mg | 66 mg |
| Zink | 1.2 mg | 2.97 mg |
| Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) | 0.046 mg | 0.14 mg |
| Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) | 0.176 mg | 0.19 mg |
| Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) | 5.378 mg | 4.5 mg |
| Vitaminium B6 | 0.382 mg | 0.16 mg |
| Vitaminium E | 0.12 mg | 0.6 mg |
More Calories in Beef
At first glance, you can see that in beef is just a little more calories than in mutton.
Beef has 250 kcal per 100g and mutton 232 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 8%.
In beef and in mutton most calories came from fat.
See tables below to compare beef with mutton in details.
Beef And Mutton Nutrition Difference
- Calories:
beef - 8% more than mutton - Fat:
mutton - 17% more than beef - Protein:
beef - 44% more than mutton - Water:
mutton - 1% more than beef
More protein in beef
It is aslo easy to see see that in beef is more protein than in mutton.
There is 18g per 100g of mutton and 25.93g per 100g of beef so using simple math we can see that difference is about 44%.
Less fat in beef
In beef is less fats than in mutton.
The tables above show us that there is 18g/100g of fats in mutton and 15.41g/100g in beef. In this case difference is about 17%.
Beef
250kcal- Calories250
- Fat15.41 g
- Protein25.93 g
- Water57.98 g
100g | ounce | cup | half cup | neck | shoulder | shank | tail
Calories source
- 0% CARBS.
- 43% PROTEIN
- 57% FAT
Mutton
232kcal- Calories232
- Fat18 g
- Protein18 g
- Water58.6 g
100g | ounce | standard serving size | half cup
Calories source
- 0% CARBS
- 31% PROTEIN
- 69% FAT
Vitamins: mutton vs beef
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
mutton - 204% more than beef - Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
mutton - 8% more than beef - Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
beef - 20% more than mutton - Vitaminium B6:
beef - 139% more than mutton - Vitaminium E:
mutton - 400% more than beef
Minerals: beef vs mutton
- Calcium:
beef - 100% more than mutton - Iron:
beef - 13% more than mutton - Magnessium:
mutton - 10% more than beef - Phosphorus:
mutton - 12817% more than beef - Potassium:
beef - 28% more than mutton - Sodium:
beef - 9% more than mutton - Zink:
mutton - 148% more than beef
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Marcin Piotrowicz
calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter
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