Duck breast, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Duck breast, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken back, cooked for less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Duck breast, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better11.79 g16.14 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat5.51 g3.46 g
- Saturated fatless is better1.51 g1.07 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN40.17 mg46.34 mg
- Potassiummore is better99.16 mg217.89 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN10.04 mg2.44 mg
- Ironmore is better0.58 mg3.67 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better9.21 mg17.89 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg5.04 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.

