Pork shoulder, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
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
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN10.33 g9.88 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat6.2 g6.41 g
- Saturated fatless is better2.44 g2.3 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN16.96 mg26.64 mg
- Potassiummore is better83.04 mg125.87 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better6.01 mg13.9 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.84 mg0.54 mg
- Magnesiummore is better6.71 mg8.11 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.12 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.

