Turkey, light meat, roasted leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Turkey, light meat, roasted comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken back, cooked for less sodium and more iron.
Pick Turkey, light meat, roasted for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better11.79 g21.24 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat5.51 g1.64 g
- Saturated fatless is better1.51 g0.47 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN40.17 mg187.4 mg
- Potassiummore is better99.16 mg196.06 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better10.04 mg10.24 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.58 mg0.43 mg
- Magnesiummore is better9.21 mg23.62 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.

