Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
chicken leg
versus
cherry tomato
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in chicken leg and cherry tomato:
Chicken leg is high in calories and cherry tomato has 93% less calories than chicken leg - cherry tomato has 16 calories per 100 grams and chicken leg has 214 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, chicken leg is heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and much heavier in fat compared to cherry tomato per calorie. Chicken leg has a macronutrient ratio of 31:0:69 and for cherry tomato, 24:67:9 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
| Chicken Leg | Cherry Tomato | |
|---|---|---|
| Protein | 31% | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | ~ | 67% |
| Fat | 69% | 9% |
| Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Both cherry tomato and chicken leg are low in carbohydrates - cherry tomato has 3.2g of total carbs per 100 grams and chicken leg has 0.17g of carbohydrates.
Cherry tomato has more dietary fiber than chicken leg - cherry tomato has 0.9g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and chicken leg does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken leg is an excellent source of protein and it has 13 times more protein than cherry tomato - cherry tomato has 1.2g of protein per 100 grams and chicken leg has 16.4g of protein.
Cherry tomato has signficantly less saturated fat than chicken leg - cherry tomato has 0.03g of saturated fat per 100 grams and chicken leg has 4.4g of saturated fat.
Both chicken leg and cherry tomato are low in trans fat - chicken leg has 0.06g of trans fat per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Cherry tomato has less cholesterol than chicken leg - chicken leg has 93mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Cherry tomato is a great source of Vitamin C and it has 79 times more Vitamin C than chicken leg - cherry tomato has 16mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and chicken leg has 0.2mg of Vitamin C.
Cherry tomato has 168% more Vitamin A than chicken leg - cherry tomato has 75ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and chicken leg has 28ug of Vitamin A.
Chicken leg and cherry tomato contain similar amounts of Vitamin D - chicken leg has 2iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken leg and cherry tomato contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - chicken leg has 0.22mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken leg and cherry tomato contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - chicken leg has 2.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and cherry tomato does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken leg has more riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12, however, cherry tomato contains more folate. Both chicken leg and cherry tomato contain significant amounts of thiamin.
| Chicken Leg | Cherry Tomato | |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamin | 0.073 MG | 0.046 MG |
| Riboflavin | 0.141 MG | 0.034 MG |
| Niacin | 4.733 MG | 0.593 MG |
| Pantothenic acid | 0.994 MG | 0.186 MG |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.318 MG | 0.06 MG |
| Folate | 4 UG | 29 UG |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.56 UG | ~ |
Cherry tomato and chicken leg contain similar amounts of calcium - cherry tomato has 5mg of calcium per 100 grams and chicken leg has 9mg of calcium.
Cherry tomato and chicken leg contain similar amounts of iron - cherry tomato has 0.47mg of iron per 100 grams and chicken leg has 0.69mg of iron.
Both cherry tomato and chicken leg are high in potassium. Cherry tomato has a little more potassium (4%) than chicken leg by weight - cherry tomato has 212mg of potassium per 100 grams and chicken leg has 203mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, chicken leg has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) and DPA than cherry tomato per 100 grams.
| Chicken Leg | Cherry Tomato | |
|---|---|---|
| alpha linoleic acid | 0.155 G | 0.003 G |
| DHA | 0.01 G | ~ |
| EPA | 0.004 G | ~ |
| DPA | 0.012 G | ~ |
| Total | 0.181 G | 0.003 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, chicken leg has more linoleic acid than cherry tomato per 100 grams.
| Chicken Leg | Cherry Tomato | |
|---|---|---|
| other omega 6 | 0.016 G | ~ |
| linoleic acid | 2.987 G | 0.073 G |
| Total | 3.003 G | 0.073 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Chicken Leg (Chicken, broilers or fryers, leg, meat and skin, raw) and Cherry Tomato (Tomatoes, orange, raw) .
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| G | 5% | Starch | 5% | G | |||
| G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||