Beef shank, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Beef shank, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Beef eye of round, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat and more potassium.
Pick Beef shank, cooked for less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN17.42 g16.76 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat2.82 g3.16 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.97 g1.14 g
- Sodiumless is better38.6 mg31.84 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN238.6 mg222.39 mg
- Calciummore is better9.36 mg15.92 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better1.09 mg1.92 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better8.77 mg14.93 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.

