Chicken breast, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chicken breast, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken breast, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Turkey drumstick, cooked for more iron.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN18.8 g14.32 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat2.16 g4.76 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.61 g1.17 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN44.85 mg56.85 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN155.15 mg128.93 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN9.09 mg8.12 mg
- Ironmore is better0.63 mg0.8 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN17.58 mg12.18 mg
- 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.

