Chicken breast, raw leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Chicken breast, raw comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken breast, raw for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Chicken fat (schmaltz) for less sodium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN18.75 g0 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat2.18 g11.09 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.47 g3.31 g
- Sodiumless is better37.5 mg0 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN278.33 mg0 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN4.17 mg0 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.31 mg0 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN23.33 mg0 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.

