Pork shoulder, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Pork shoulder, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beef chuck roast, cooked for more protein, less sodium and more iron.
Pick Pork shoulder, cooked for less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy283 kcal259 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN29.23 g25.58 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat17.56 g16.61 g
- Saturated fatless is better6.91 g5.95 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN48 mg69 mg
- Potassiummore is better235 mg326 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better17 mg36 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN2.38 mg1.4 mg
- Magnesiummore is better19 mg21 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.3 mgWIN
- 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.

