Ground beef, 85% lean, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Beef chuck roast, cooked: 100 g · Ground beef, 85% lean, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Ground beef, 85% lean, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beef chuck roast, cooked for more protein and less sodium.
Pick Ground beef, 85% lean, cooked for less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy283 kcal232 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN29.23 g24.62 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat17.56 g14.02 g
- Saturated fatless is better6.91 g5.33 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN48 mg79 mg
- Potassiummore is better235 mg349 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better17 mg20 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better2.38 mg2.68 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better19 mg22 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.

