Chicken breast vs Ground beef: Which Has More Calories?

Per 100 g, Chicken breast has 106 kcal and Ground beef has 247 kcal, so Chicken breast has 57% fewer calories.

Chicken breast has more protein (22.5 g vs 17.4 g). Ground beef has more fat (19.1 g vs 1.93 g). Relative to calories, Chicken breast is the better protein source (21.3 g vs 7.06 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Chicken breast - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Chicken breast - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Chicken Breast
Serving size:
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one chicken breast (205g)
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Total Fat g
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Saturated Fat g
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Dietary Fiber g
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Iron mg
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Ground Beef
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standard serving size (150g)cup (200g)half cup (100g)
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Iron mg
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Potassium mg
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Chicken Breast vs Ground Beef 100g Compare

per 100gChicken breastGround beef
Calories106 247
Fat1.93 g19.07 g
Protein22.53 g17.44 g
Water74.78 g62.58 g
Calcium3.939 mg17 mg
Iron0.354 mg1.97 mg
Magnessium26.2 mg17 mg
Potassium330.1 mg274 mg
Sodium65.75 mg66 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.07 mg0.043 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.114 mg0.151 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)13.712 mg4.305 mg
Vitaminium B60.6 mg0.328 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.004 µg0.007 µg
Vitaminium E0.27 mg0.17 mg

Less Calories in Chicken breast

At first glance, you can see that in chicken breast is much less calories than in ground beef.

Chicken breast has 106 kcal per 100g and ground beef 247 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 133%.

Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in chicken breast comes from protein and in ground beef from fat.

See tables below to compare chicken breast with ground beef in details.

Chicken breast 100g

106kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 84% PROTEIN
  • 16% FAT
Chicken breast calories per:
100g | ounce | single piece

Ground beef 100g

247kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 29% PROTEIN
  • 71% FAT
Ground beef calories per:
100g | ounce | standard serving size | cup | half cup

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About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.