Chicken breast, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Chicken breast, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken breast, 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
- Energy165 kcal259 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN31.02 g22.27 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat3.57 g18.21 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN1.01 g5.05 g
- Sodiumless is better74 mg64 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN256 mg245 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN15 mg13 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.04 mg0.91 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN29 mg18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.5 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.

