Chicken vs Egg White: The Healthier Choice

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

Egg white vs Chicken: Nutrition Comparison

per 100gChickenEgg white
Calories114 52
Fat1.65 g0.17 g
Protein23.2 g10.9 g
Water74.86 g87.57 g
Calcium12 mg7 mg
Iron0.73 mg0.08 mg
Magnessium27 mg11 mg
Phosphorus2.4 mg0.09 mg
Potassium239 mg163 mg
Sodium68 mg166 mg
Zink2.4 mg0.09 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.068 mg0.004 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.092 mg0.439 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)10.604 mg0.105 mg
Vitaminium B60.54 mg0.005 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.004 mg0.004 mg

More Calories in Chicken

At first glance, you can see that in chicken is much more calories than in egg white.

Chicken has 114 kcal per 100g and egg white 52 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 119%.

In chicken and in egg white most calories came from protein.

See tables below to compare chicken with egg white in details.

Chicken And Egg white Nutrition Difference

  • Calories:
    chicken - 119% more than egg white
  • Fat:
    chicken - 871% more than egg white
  • Protein:
    chicken - 113% more than egg white
  • Water:
    egg white - 17% more than chicken

More protein in chicken

It is aslo easy to see see that in chicken is more protein than in egg white.

There is 10.9g per 100g of egg white and 23.2g per 100g of chicken so using simple math we can see that difference is about 113%.

More fat in chicken

In chicken is more fats than in egg white.

The tables above show us that there is 0.17g/100g of fats in egg white and 1.65g/100g in chicken. In this case difference is about 871%.

Chicken

114kcal
  • Calories114
  • Fat1.65 g
  • Protein23.2 g
  • Water74.86 g
Chicken calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece | breast | thigh | leg | wing

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 86% PROTEIN
  • 14% FAT

Egg white

52kcal
  • Calories52
  • Fat0.17 g
  • Protein10.9 g
  • Water87.57 g
Egg white calories per:
100g
| ounce | single piece

Calories source

  • 6% CARBS
  • 91% PROTEIN
  • 3% FAT

Vitamins: egg white vs chicken

  • Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine):
    chicken - 1600% more than egg white
  • Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin):
    egg white - 377% more than chicken
  • Vitaminium B3 (Niacin):
    chicken - 9999% more than egg white
  • Vitaminium B6:
    chicken - 10700% more than egg white
  • Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid):
    egg white - 0% more than chicken

Minerals: chicken vs egg white

  • Calcium:
    chicken - 71% more than egg white
  • Iron:
    chicken - 813% more than egg white
  • Magnessium:
    chicken - 145% more than egg white
  • Phosphorus:
    chicken - 2567% more than egg white
  • Potassium:
    chicken - 47% more than egg white
  • Sodium:
    egg white - 144% more than chicken
  • Zink:
    chicken - 2567% more than egg white
Marcin Piotrowicz
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Marcin Piotrowicz

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Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter

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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