Chicken vs Ribs: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Chicken has 133 kcal and Ribs has 351 kcal, so Chicken has 62% fewer calories.

Ribs has more protein (22.8 g vs 17.9 g). Ribs has more fat (28.1 g vs 7.16 g). Relative to calories, Chicken is the better protein source (13.5 g vs 6.49 g of protein per 100 kcal).

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

Nutrition Facts

Chicken
Serving size:
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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.
Ribs
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standard serving size (142g)half rack (240g)whole rack (480g)
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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 Ribs 100g Compare


per 100gChickenRibs
Calories133 351
Fat7.16 g28.11 g
Protein17.91 g22.77 g
Water74.72 g48.12 g
Calcium5.819 mg11 mg
Iron0.593 mg2.37 mg
Magnessium20.51 mg20 mg
Potassium301.7 mg305 mg
Sodium62.95 mg64 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.063 mg0.07 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.168 mg0.18 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)8.487 mg3.46 mg
Vitaminium B60.4 mg0.23 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.005 µg0.007 µg

Less Calories in Chicken

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

Chicken has 133 kcal per 100g and ribs 351 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 164%.

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

See tables below to compare chicken with ribs in details.

Chicken 100g

133kcal

Calories source

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

Ribs 100g

351kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 26% PROTEIN
  • 74% 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.