Chicken back, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Chicken back, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken back, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Chicken drumstick, raw for less saturated fat.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy239 kcal116 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN28.19 g19.41 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat13.16 g3.71 g
- Saturated fatless is better3.6 g0.95 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN96 mg114 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN237 mg225 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN24 mg9 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.39 mg0.76 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN22 mg20 mg
- 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.

