Chicken vs Turkey: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Chicken has 133 kcal and Turkey has 161 kcal, so Chicken has 17% fewer calories.

Turkey has more protein (22 g vs 17.9 g).

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

Nutrition Facts

Chicken
Serving size:
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one chicken (200g)breast (200g)thigh (250g)leg (100g)wing (119g)
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Iron mg
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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.
Turkey Meat
Serving size:
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one turkey meat (4000g)
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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 Turkey Meat 100g Compare


per 100g Chicken Turkey
Calories 133 161
Fat 7.16 g 7.43 g
Protein 17.91 g 21.96 g
Water 74.72 g 70.68 g
Calcium 5.819 mg 11 mg
Iron 0.593 mg 0.75 mg
Magnessium 20.51 mg 25 mg
Phosphorus 165.5 mg 0.3 mg
Potassium 301.7 mg 223 mg
Sodium 62.95 mg 105 mg
Zink 1.177 mg 0.3 mg
Vitaminium A 161 IU 62 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.063 mg 0.038 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.168 mg 0.139 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 8.487 mg 8.968 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.4 mg 0.711 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 0.005 µg 0.007 µg
Vitaminium E 0.27 mg 0.07 mg

Less Calories in Chicken

At first glance, you can see that in chicken is less calories than in turkey meat.

Chicken has 133 kcal per 100g and turkey meat 161 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 21%.

In chicken and in turkey meat most calories came from protein.

See tables below to compare chicken with turkey meat in details.

Chicken 100g

133kcal

Calories source

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

Turkey 100g

161kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 57% PROTEIN
  • 43% 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.