Turkey vs Beef: Which Has More Calories?

Per 100 g, Turkey has 161 kcal and Beef has 250 kcal, so Turkey has 36% fewer calories.

Beef has more fat (15.4 g vs 7.43 g). Relative to calories, Turkey is the better protein source (13.6 g vs 10.4 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Turkey - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Turkey - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Turkey Meat
Serving size:
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one turkey meat (4000g)
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Total Fat g
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Saturated Fat g
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Cholesterol mg
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Dietary Fiber g
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Vitaminium C mg
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Calcium mg
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Iron mg
0%
Potassium 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.
Beef
Serving size:
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cup (340g)half cup (170g)neck (1500g)shoulder (100g)shank (100g)tail (400g)
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Total Fat g
0%
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0%
Cholesterol mg
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0%
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0%
Dietary Fiber g
0%
Sugars g
Protein g
0%
Vitaminium C mg
0%
Calcium mg
0%
Iron mg
0%
Potassium mg
0%
* 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 vs Beef 100g Compare

per 100g Turkey Beef
Calories 161 250
Fat 7.43 g 15.41 g
Protein 21.96 g 25.93 g
Water 70.68 g 57.98 g
Calcium 11 mg 18 mg
Iron 0.75 mg 2.6 mg
Magnessium 25 mg 21 mg
Potassium 223 mg 318 mg
Sodium 105 mg 72 mg
Vitaminium A 62 IU 9 IU
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.038 mg 0.046 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.139 mg 0.176 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 8.968 mg 5.378 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.711 mg 0.382 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 0.007 µg 0.009 µg
Vitaminium E 0.07 mg 0.12 mg

Less Calories in Turkey meat

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

Turkey meat has 161 kcal per 100g and beef 250 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 55%.

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

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

Turkey 100g

161kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 57% PROTEIN
  • 43% FAT
Turkey calories per:
100g | ounce | single piece

Beef 100g

250kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 43% PROTEIN
  • 57% FAT
Beef calories per:
100g | ounce | cup | half cup | neck | shoulder | shank | tail

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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.