Chicken Legs vs Goose: All Nutritional Differences
Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?
Fact 1: There is More Calories in Chicken leg
At first glance, you can see that in chicken leg is more calories than in goose meat.
Chicken leg has 214 kcal per 100g and goose meat 161 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 33%.
Additionally, it is also easy to notice that most of the calories in chicken leg cames from fat and in goose meat from protein.
See tables below to compare chicken leg with goose meat in details.
Fact 2: Chicken leg And Goose meat Nutrition Difference
- Calories: chicken leg - 33% more than goose meat
- Fat: chicken leg - 124% more than goose meat
- Protein: goose meat - 39% more than chicken leg
- Water: goose meat - 1% more than chicken leg
Goose meat vs Chicken leg: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison
| per 100g | Chicken legs | Goose |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 214 | 161 |
| Fat | 15.95 g | 7.13 g |
| Protein | 16.37 g | 22.75 g |
| Water | 67.3 g | 68.3 g |
| Calcium | 9 mg | 13 mg |
| Iron | 0.69 mg | 2.57 mg |
| Magnessium | 19 mg | 24 mg |
| Potassium | 203 mg | 420 mg |
| Sodium | 84 mg | 87 mg |
| Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) | 0.073 mg | 0.129 mg |
| Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) | 0.141 mg | 0.377 mg |
| Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) | 4.733 mg | 4.278 mg |
| Vitaminium B6 | 0.318 mg | 0.64 mg |
| Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) | 0.004 mg | 0.031 mg |
| Vitaminium C | 0.2 mg | 7.2 mg |
Less protein in chicken leg
It is aslo easy to see see that in chicken leg is less protein than in goose meat.
There is 22.75g per 100g of goose meat and 16.37g per 100g of chicken leg so using simple math we can see that difference is about 39%.
More fat in chicken leg
In chicken leg is more fats than in goose meat.
The tables above show us that there is 7.13g/100g of fats in goose meat and 15.95g/100g in chicken leg. In this case difference is about 124%.
Chicken legs
214kcal- Calories214
- Fat15.95 g
- Protein16.37 g
- Water67.3 g
100g | ounce | single piece
Calories source
- 0% CARBS.
- 31% PROTEIN
- 68% FAT
Goose
161kcal- Calories161
- Fat7.13 g
- Protein22.75 g
- Water68.3 g
100g | ounce | single piece | breast | thigh
Calories source
- 0% CARBS
- 59% PROTEIN
- 41% FAT
Vitamins: goose meat vs chicken leg
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine): goose meat 77% more than chicken leg
- Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin): goose meat 167% more than chicken leg
- Vitaminium B3 (Niacin): chicken leg 11% more than goose meat
- Vitaminium B6: goose meat 101% more than chicken leg
- Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid): goose meat 675% more than chicken leg
- Vitaminium C: goose meat 3500% more than chicken leg
Minerals: chicken leg vs goose meat
- Calcium: goose meat 44% more than chicken leg
- Iron: goose meat 272% more than chicken leg
- Magnessium: goose meat 26% more than chicken leg
- Potassium: goose meat 107% more than chicken leg
- Sodium: goose meat 4% more than chicken leg
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Marcin Piotrowicz
calories-info.com creator
Healthy eating and living style promoter
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