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Ground beef, 90% lean, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties

Both foods compared at 100 kcal.

The verdict

Ground beef, 90% lean, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.

Pick Beef bottom round, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat and less sodium.

Pick Ground beef, 90% lean, cooked for more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.

Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.

Head-to-head

  • Energy
    100 kcal
    100 kcal
  • Proteinmore is better
    WIN14.23 g
    12.36 g
  • Carbohydrate
    0 g
    0 g
  • Fibermore is better
    0 g
    0 g
  • Total sugarsless is better
    0 g
    0 g
  • Total fat
    4.35 g
    5.24 g
  • Saturated fatless is better
    WIN1.56 g
    2.05 g
  • Sodiumless is better
    WIN18.26 mg
    36.76 mg
  • Potassiummore is better
    114.78 mg
    177.94 mgWIN
  • Calciummore is better
    3.04 mg
    7.35 mgWIN
  • Ironmore is better
    1.18 mg
    1.36 mgWIN
  • Magnesiummore is better
    9.13 mg
    11.27 mgWIN
  • Vitamin Cmore is better
    0 mg
    0 mg
  • Vitamin Dmore is better

Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

Beef bottom round, cooked vs Ground beef, 90% lean, cooked · Foodatron