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
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN14.23 g12.36 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat4.35 g5.24 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN1.56 g2.05 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN18.26 mg36.76 mg
- Potassiummore is better114.78 mg177.94 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better3.04 mg7.35 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.18 mg1.36 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better9.13 mg11.27 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 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.

