Chicken vs Roast beef: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Chicken has 133 kcal and Roast beef has 170 kcal, so Chicken has 22% fewer calories.

Roast beef has more protein (29.1 g vs 17.9 g). Chicken has more fat (7.16 g vs 5.92 g). Relative to calories, Roast beef is the better protein source (17.1 g vs 13.5 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.
Roast Beef
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standard serving size (58g)slice (58g)cup (200g)half cup (100g)
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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 Roast Beef 100g Compare


per 100gChickenRoast beef
Calories133 170
Fat7.16 g5.92 g
Protein17.91 g29.12 g
Water74.72 g63.93 g
Calcium5.819 mg5 mg
Iron0.593 mg2.75 mg
Magnessium20.51 mg27 mg
Potassium301.7 mg377 mg
Sodium62.95 mg57 mg
Vitaminium A161 IU5 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.063 mg0.068 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.168 mg0.194 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)8.487 mg5.882 mg
Vitaminium B60.4 mg0.584 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.005 µg0.007 µg
Vitaminium K0.002 µg0.002 µg

Less Calories in Chicken

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

Chicken has 133 kcal per 100g and roast beef 170 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 28%.

In chicken and in roast beef most calories came from protein.

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

Chicken 100g

133kcal

Calories source

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

Roast beef 100g

170kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 69% PROTEIN
  • 31% 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.