Cornish game hen, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Cornish game hen, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken breast with skin, roasted for less sodium.
Pick Cornish game hen, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better15.13 g17.39 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat3.95 g2.89 g
- Saturated fatless is better1.11 g0.74 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN36.04 mg47.01 mg
- Potassiummore is better124.37 mg186.57 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better7.11 mg9.7 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.54 mg0.57 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better13.71 mg14.18 mgWIN
- 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.

