Chicken breast vs Pork: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Chicken breast has 106 kcal and Pork has 242 kcal, so Chicken breast has 56% fewer calories.

Pork has more protein (27.3 g vs 22.5 g). Pork has more fat (13.9 g vs 1.93 g). Relative to calories, Chicken breast is the better protein source (21.3 g vs 11.3 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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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.
Pork
Serving size:
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standard serving size (160g)pork shoulder (100g)pork neck (80g)pork tenderloin (500g)pork chop slice (100g)
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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 Pork 100g Compare


per 100gChicken breastPork
Calories106 242
Fat1.93 g13.92 g
Protein22.53 g27.32 g
Water74.78 g57.87 g
Calcium3.939 mg19 mg
Iron0.354 mg0.87 mg
Magnessium26.2 mg28 mg
Potassium330.1 mg423 mg
Sodium65.75 mg62 mg
Vitaminium A21 IU7 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.07 mg0.877 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.114 mg0.321 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)13.712 mg5.037 mg
Vitaminium B60.6 mg0.464 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.004 µg0.005 µg
Vitaminium E0.27 mg0.29 mg

Less Calories in Chicken breast

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

Chicken breast has 106 kcal per 100g and pork 242 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 128%.

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

See tables below to compare chicken breast with pork in details.

Chicken breast 100g

106kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 84% PROTEIN
  • 16% FAT

Pork 100g

242kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 47% PROTEIN
  • 53% FAT

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.