Chicken back, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chicken back, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken back, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Cornish game hen with skin, roasted for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN11.79 g8.6 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat5.51 g7.03 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN1.51 g1.95 g
- Sodiumless is better40.17 mg24.71 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN99.16 mg94.59 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN10.04 mg5.02 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.58 mg0.35 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN9.21 mg6.95 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.19 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.

