Duck vs Beef: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Duck has 135 kcal and Beef has 250 kcal, so Duck has 46% fewer calories.

Beef has more protein (25.9 g vs 18.3 g). Beef has more fat (15.4 g vs 5.95 g). Relative to calories, Duck is the better protein source (13.5 g vs 10.4 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Duck - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Duck - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Duck Meat
Serving size:
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standard serving size (160g)breast (155g)thigh (195g)leg (120g)
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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.
Beef
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cup (340g)half cup (170g)neck (1500g)shoulder (100g)shank (100g)tail (400g)
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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.

Duck Meat vs Beef 100g Compare


per 100gDuckBeef
Calories135 250
Fat5.95 g15.41 g
Saturated fat2.32 g5.9 g
Protein18.28 g25.93 g
Water73.77 g57.98 g
Calcium11 mg18 mg
Iron2.4 mg2.6 mg
Magnessium19 mg21 mg
Potassium271 mg318 mg
Sodium74 mg72 mg
Vitaminium A79 IU9 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine)0.36 mg0.046 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin)0.45 mg0.176 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin)5.3 mg5.378 mg
Vitaminium B60.34 mg0.382 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid)0.025 µg0.009 µg
Vitaminium E0.7 mg0.12 mg
Vitaminium K0.003 µg0.001 µg

Less Calories in Duck meat

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

Duck meat has 135 kcal per 100g and beef 250 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 85%.

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

See tables below to compare duck meat with beef in details.

Duck 100g

135kcal

Calories source

  • 3% CARBS.
  • 56% PROTEIN
  • 41% FAT

Beef 100g

250kcal

Calories source

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