Chicken Breast vs Chicken Drumsticks: All Nutritional Differences
Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?
More Calories in Chicken breast
At first glance, you can see that in chicken breast is just a little more calories than in chicken drumstick.
Chicken breast has 172 kcal per 100g and chicken drumstick 161 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 7%.
In chicken breast and in chicken drumstick most calories came from fat.
See tables below to compare chicken breast with chicken drumstick in details.
Chicken breast And Chicken drumstick Nutrition Difference
- Calories:
chicken breast - 7% more than chicken drumstick - Fat:
chicken breast - 1% more than chicken drumstick - Protein:
chicken breast - 15% more than chicken drumstick - Water:
chicken drumstick - 4% more than chicken breast
Chicken drumstick vs Chicken breast: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison
| per 100g | Chicken breast | Chicken drumsticks |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 172 | 161 |
| Fat | 9.25 g | 9.2 g |
| Protein | 20.85 g | 18.08 g |
| Water | 69.46 g | 72.46 g |
| Calcium | 11 mg | 8 mg |
| Iron | 0.74 mg | 0.71 mg |
| Magnessium | 25 mg | 18 mg |
| Potassium | 220 mg | 211 mg |
| Sodium | 63 mg | 106 mg |
| Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) | 0.063 mg | 0.083 mg |
| Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) | 0.085 mg | 0.195 mg |
| Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) | 9.908 mg | 4.841 mg |
| Vitaminium B6 | 0.53 mg | 0.345 mg |
| Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) | 0.004 mg | 0.003 mg |
| Vitaminium E | 0.27 mg | 0.19 mg |
More protein in chicken breast
It is aslo easy to see see that in chicken breast is more protein than in chicken drumstick.
There is 18.08g per 100g of chicken drumstick and 20.85g per 100g of chicken breast so using simple math we can see that difference is about 15%.
More fat in chicken breast
In chicken breast is more fats than in chicken drumstick.
The tables above show us that there is 9.2g/100g of fats in chicken drumstick and 9.25g/100g in chicken breast. In this case difference is about 1%.
Chicken breast
172kcal- Calories172
- Fat9.25 g
- Protein20.85 g
- Water69.46 g
100g | ounce | single piece
Calories source
- 0% CARBS.
- 50% PROTEIN
- 50% FAT
Chicken drumsticks
161kcal- Calories161
- Fat9.2 g
- Protein18.08 g
- Water72.46 g
100g | ounce | single piece | medium size without the bones and skin
Calories source
- 0% CARBS
- 46% PROTEIN
- 53% FAT
Vitamins: chicken drumstick vs chicken breast
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
chicken drumstick - 32% more than chicken breast - Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
chicken drumstick - 129% more than chicken breast - Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
chicken breast - 105% more than chicken drumstick - Vitaminium B6:
chicken breast - 54% more than chicken drumstick - Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
chicken breast - 33% more than chicken drumstick - Vitaminium E:
chicken breast - 42% more than chicken drumstick
Minerals: chicken breast vs chicken drumstick
- Calcium:
chicken breast - 38% more than chicken drumstick - Iron:
chicken breast - 4% more than chicken drumstick - Magnessium:
chicken breast - 39% more than chicken drumstick - Potassium:
chicken breast - 4% more than chicken drumstick - Sodium:
chicken drumstick - 68% more than chicken breast
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Marcin Piotrowicz
calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter
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