Chicken back, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Chicken back, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken back, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Cornish game hen with skin, roasted for less sodium, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy239 kcal259 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN28.19 g22.27 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat13.16 g18.21 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN3.6 g5.05 g
- Sodiumless is better96 mg64 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better237 mg245 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN24 mg13 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.39 mg0.91 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN22 mg18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.5 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.

