Turkey thigh, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Turkey thigh, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken back, cooked for more protein, less sodium and more calcium.
Pick Turkey thigh, cooked for less saturated fat, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy239 kcal159 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN28.19 g25.14 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0.46 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat13.16 g6.25 g
- Saturated fatless is better3.6 g2.02 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN96 mg104 mg
- Potassiummore is better237 mg296 mgWIN
- Calciummore is betterWIN24 mg4 mg
- Ironmore is better1.39 mg1.59 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better22 mg23 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.

