Chicken Breast vs Steak: What Should You Choose?

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

Steak vs Chicken breast: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gChicken breastSteak
Calories172 271
Fat9.25 g19.02 g
Protein20.85 g24.85 g
Water69.46 g55.59 g
Calcium11 mg12 mg
Iron0.74 mg2.4 mg
Magnessium25 mg23 mg
Phosphorus0.4 mg1.6 mg
Potassium220 mg279 mg
Sodium63 mg58 mg
Zink0.4 mg1.6 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.063 mg0.074 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.085 mg0.301 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)9.908 mg5.149 mg
Vitaminium B60.53 mg0.5 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.004 mg0.006 mg

Less Calories in Chicken breast

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

Chicken breast has 172 kcal per 100g and steak 271 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 58%.

In chicken breast and in steak most calories came from fat.

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

Chicken breast And Steak Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    steak - 58% more than chicken breast
  • Fat:
    steak - 106% more than chicken breast
  • Protein:
    steak - 19% more than chicken breast
  • Water:
    chicken breast - 25% more than steak

Less protein in chicken breast

It is aslo easy to see see that in chicken breast is less protein than in steak.

There is 24.85g per 100g of steak and 20.85g per 100g of chicken breast so using simple math we can see that difference is about 19%.

Less fat in chicken breast

In chicken breast is less fats than in steak.

The tables above show us that there is 19.02g/100g of fats in steak and 9.25g/100g in chicken breast. In this case difference is about 106%.

Chicken breast

172kcal
  • Calories172
  • Fat9.25 g
  • Protein20.85 g
  • Water69.46 g
Chicken breast calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 50% PROTEIN
  • 50% FAT

Steak

271kcal
  • Calories271
  • Fat19.02 g
  • Protein24.85 g
  • Water55.59 g
Steak calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece | cup | half cup

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 37% PROTEIN
  • 63% FAT

Vitamins: steak vs chicken breast

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    steak - 17% more than chicken breast
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    steak - 254% more than chicken breast
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    chicken breast - 92% more than steak
  • Vitaminium B6:
    chicken breast - 6% more than steak
  • Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
    steak - 50% more than chicken breast

Minerals: chicken breast vs steak

  • Calcium:
    steak - 9% more than chicken breast
  • Iron:
    steak - 224% more than chicken breast
  • Magnessium:
    chicken breast - 9% more than steak
  • Phosphorus:
    steak - 300% more than chicken breast
  • Potassium:
    steak - 27% more than chicken breast
  • Sodium:
    chicken breast - 9% more than steak
  • Zink:
    steak - 300% more than chicken breast
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

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All information about nutrition on this website was created with help of information from the official United States Department of Agriculture database.

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