Chicken breast, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chicken breast, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken breast, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Cornish game hen, cooked for more potassium, more calcium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN18.8 g17.39 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat2.16 g2.89 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.61 g0.74 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN44.85 mg47.01 mg
- Potassiummore is better155.15 mg186.57 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better9.09 mg9.7 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.63 mg0.57 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN17.58 mg14.18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.45 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.

