Turkey, dark meat, roasted leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Turkey, dark meat, roasted comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken breast with skin, roasted for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Pick Turkey, dark meat, roasted for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better15.13 g16.52 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat3.95 g3.8 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN1.11 g1.14 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN36.04 mg127.22 mg
- Potassiummore is better124.37 mg143.67 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better7.11 mg10.13 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.54 mg0.68 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better13.71 mg15.19 mgWIN
- 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.

