Chicken drumstick with skin, roasted leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Chicken drumstick with skin, roasted: 100 g · Chicken sausage, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Chicken drumstick with skin, roasted comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Chicken drumstick with skin, roasted for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Chicken sausage, cooked for more calcium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy191 kcal259 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN23.35 g17.6 g
- Carbohydrate0 g3.6 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat10.15 g19.4 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN2.74 g8.01 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN123 mg1540 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN247 mg237 mg
- Calciummore is better11 mg12 mgWIN
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.11 mg0.88 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN22 mg14 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.

