Chicken vs Minced beef: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Chicken has 133 kcal and Minced beef has 241 kcal, so Chicken has 45% fewer calories.

Minced beef has more protein (23.9 g vs 17.9 g). Minced beef has more fat (15.4 g vs 7.16 g). Relative to calories, Chicken is the better protein source (13.5 g vs 9.9 g of protein per 100 kcal).

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

Nutrition Facts

Chicken
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one chicken (200g)breast (200g)thigh (250g)leg (100g)wing (119g)
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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.
Minced Beef
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tablespoon (17g)cup (150g)half cup (75g)
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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 vs Minced Beef 100g Compare


per 100gChickenMinced beef
Calories133 241
Fat7.16 g15.37 g
Protein17.91 g23.87 g
Water74.72 g58.37 g
Calcium5.819 mg33 mg
Iron0.593 mg2.27 mg
Magnessium20.51 mg17 mg
Phosphorus165.5 mg2.9 mg
Potassium301.7 mg241 mg
Sodium62.95 mg73 mg
Zink1.177 mg2.9 mg
Vitaminium A161 IU9 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.063 mg0.051 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.168 mg0.171 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)8.487 mg4.026 mg
Vitaminium B60.4 mg0.311 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.005 µg0.007 µg
Vitaminium E0.27 mg0.12 mg
Vitaminium K0.002 µg0.003 µg

Less Calories in Chicken

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

Chicken has 133 kcal per 100g and minced beef 241 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 81%.

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

See tables below to compare chicken with minced beef in details.

Chicken 100g

133kcal

Calories source

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

Minced beef 100g

241kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 41% PROTEIN
  • 59% 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.