Turkey vs Pork Tenderloin: All Nutritional Differences
Where is more calories, protein, carbs - what is more healthy?
Fact 1: There is More Calories in Turkey meat
At first glance, you can see that in turkey meat is just a little more calories than in pork tenderloin.
Turkey meat has 161 kcal per 100g and pork tenderloin 154 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 5%.
In turkey meat and in pork tenderloin most calories came from protein.
See tables below to compare turkey meat with pork tenderloin in details.
Fact 2: Turkey meat And Pork tenderloin Nutrition Difference
- Calories: turkey meat - 5% more than pork tenderloin
- Fat: turkey meat - 72% more than pork tenderloin
- Protein: pork tenderloin - 22% more than turkey meat
- Water: turkey meat - 6% more than pork tenderloin
Pork tenderloin vs Turkey meat: Vitamins and Minerals Comparison
| per 100g | Turkey | Pork tenderloin |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 161 | 154 |
| Fat | 7.43 g | 4.33 g |
| Protein | 21.96 g | 26.9 g |
| Water | 70.68 g | 66.87 g |
| Calcium | 11 mg | 6 mg |
| Iron | 0.75 mg | 0.99 mg |
| Magnessium | 25 mg | 31 mg |
| Potassium | 223 mg | 536 mg |
| Sodium | 105 mg | 594 mg |
| Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) | 0.038 mg | 0.765 mg |
| Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) | 0.139 mg | 0.442 mg |
| Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) | 8.968 mg | 6.839 mg |
| Vitaminium B6 | 0.711 mg | 0.647 mg |
| Vitaminium E | 0.07 mg | 0.28 mg |
Less protein in turkey meat
It is aslo easy to see see that in turkey meat is less protein than in pork tenderloin.
There is 26.9g per 100g of pork tenderloin and 21.96g per 100g of turkey meat so using simple math we can see that difference is about 22%.
More fat in turkey meat
In turkey meat is more fats than in pork tenderloin.
The tables above show us that there is 4.33g/100g of fats in pork tenderloin and 7.43g/100g in turkey meat. In this case difference is about 72%.
Turkey
161kcal- Calories161
- Fat7.43 g
- Protein21.96 g
- Water70.68 g
100g | ounce | single piece
Calories source
- 0% CARBS.
- 57% PROTEIN
- 43% FAT
Pork tenderloin
154kcal- Calories154
- Fat4.33 g
- Protein26.9 g
- Water66.87 g
100g | ounce | single piece | cup | half cup
Calories source
- 0% CARBS
- 73% PROTEIN
- 27% FAT
Vitamins: pork tenderloin vs turkey meat
- Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine): pork tenderloin 1913% more than turkey meat
- Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin): pork tenderloin 218% more than turkey meat
- Vitaminium B3 (Niacin): turkey meat 31% more than pork tenderloin
- Vitaminium B6: turkey meat 10% more than pork tenderloin
- Vitaminium E: pork tenderloin 300% more than turkey meat
Minerals: turkey meat vs pork tenderloin
- Calcium: turkey meat 83% more than pork tenderloin
- Iron: pork tenderloin 32% more than turkey meat
- Magnessium: pork tenderloin 24% more than turkey meat
- Potassium: pork tenderloin 140% more than turkey meat
- Sodium: pork tenderloin 466% more than turkey meat
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Marcin Piotrowicz
calories-info.com creator
Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter
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