Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
raspberries
versus
cooked
chicken
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in raspberries and chicken:
Chicken is high in calories and raspberry has 72% less calories than chicken - raspberry has 52 calories per 100 grams and chicken has 189 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, raspberries is much lighter in protein, much heavier in carbs and much lighter in fat compared to chicken per calorie. Raspberries has a macronutrient ratio of 8:82:10 and for chicken, 49:0:52 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Raspberries | Chicken | |
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Protein | 8% | 49% |
Carbohydrates | 82% | ~ |
Fat | 10% | 52% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Chicken has less carbohydrates than raspberry - raspberry has 11.9g of total carbs per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Raspberry is an excellent source of dietary fiber and it has more dietary fiber than chicken - raspberry has 6.5g of dietary fiber per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken has less sugar than raspberry - raspberry has 4.4g of sugar per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken is an excellent source of protein and it has 18 times more protein than raspberry - raspberry has 1.2g of protein per 100 grams and chicken has 23.3g of protein.
Raspberry has 162.6 times less saturated fat than chicken - raspberry has 0.02g of saturated fat per 100 grams and chicken has 3.1g of saturated fat.
Both chicken and raspberries are low in trans fat - chicken has 0.09g of trans fat per 100 grams and raspberry does not contain significant amounts.
Raspberry has signficantly less cholesterol than chicken - chicken has 107mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and raspberry does not contain significant amounts.
Raspberry is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than chicken - raspberry has 26.2mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Raspberries and chicken contain similar amounts of Vitamin A - raspberry has 2ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Raspberries and chicken contain similar amounts of Vitamin E - raspberry has 0.87mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and chicken has 0.39mg of Vitamin E.
Raspberries and chicken contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - raspberry has 7.8ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and chicken has 2.1ug of Vitamin K.
Chicken has more thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12, however, raspberry contains more folate.
Raspberries | Chicken | |
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Thiamin | 0.032 MG | 0.121 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.038 MG | 0.302 MG |
Niacin | 0.598 MG | 7.107 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 0.329 MG | 1.327 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.055 MG | 0.538 MG |
Folate | 21 UG | 2 UG |
Vitamin B12 | ~ | 0.51 UG |
Raspberry has 213% more calcium than chicken - raspberry has 25mg of calcium per 100 grams and chicken has 8mg of calcium.
Raspberries and chicken contain similar amounts of iron - raspberry has 0.69mg of iron per 100 grams and chicken has 0.93mg of iron.
Chicken is an excellent source of potassium and it has 348% more potassium than raspberry - raspberry has 151mg of potassium per 100 grams and chicken has 677mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, chicken has more DHA and DPA than raspberry per 100 grams. Both raspberries and chicken contain significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid (ALA).
Raspberries | Chicken | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.126 G | 0.1 G |
DHA | ~ | 0.031 G |
EPA | ~ | 0.008 G |
DPA | ~ | 0.016 G |
Total | 0.126 G | 0.155 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, chicken has more linoleic acid than raspberry per 100 grams.
Raspberries | Chicken | |
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linoleic acid | 0.249 G | 1.818 G |
other omega 6 | ~ | 0.02 G |
Total | 0.249 G | 1.838 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: Raspberries (Raspberries, raw) and Chicken (Chicken, ground, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned) .
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