Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
chicken
versus
radish sprouts
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in chicken and radish sprouts:
Chicken is high in calories and radish sprout has 77% less calories than chicken - radish sprout has 43 calories per 100 grams and chicken has 189 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, chicken is much heavier in protein, much lighter in carbs and heavier in fat compared to radish sprouts per calorie. Chicken has a macronutrient ratio of 49:0:52 and for radish sprouts, 28:28:45 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Chicken | Radish Sprouts | |
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Protein | 49% | 28% |
Carbohydrates | ~ | 28% |
Fat | 52% | 45% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Both radish sprouts and chicken are low in carbohydrates - radish sprout has 3.6g of total carbs per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken is an excellent source of protein and it has 511% more protein than radish sprout - radish sprout has 3.8g of protein per 100 grams and chicken has 23.3g of protein.
Radish sprout has 75% less saturated fat than chicken - radish sprout has 0.77g of saturated fat per 100 grams and chicken has 3.1g of saturated fat.
Both chicken and radish sprouts are low in trans fat - chicken has 0.09g of trans fat per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Radish sprout has signficantly less cholesterol than chicken - chicken has 107mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Radish sprout is an excellent source of Vitamin C and it has more Vitamin C than chicken - radish sprout has 28.9mg of Vitamin C per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Radish sprout has more Vitamin A than chicken - radish sprout has 20ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and chicken does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken has more Vitamin E than radish sprout - chicken has 0.39mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken and radish sprouts contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - chicken has 2.1ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and radish sprout does not contain significant amounts.
Chicken has more riboflavin, niacin and Vitamin B12, however, radish sprout contains more folate. Both chicken and radish sprouts contain significant amounts of thiamin, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B6.
Chicken | Radish Sprouts | |
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Thiamin | 0.121 MG | 0.102 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.302 MG | 0.103 MG |
Niacin | 7.107 MG | 2.853 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 1.327 MG | 0.733 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.538 MG | 0.285 MG |
Folate | 2 UG | 95 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 0.51 UG | ~ |
Radish sprout is a great source of calcium and it has 538% more calcium than chicken - radish sprout has 51mg of calcium per 100 grams and chicken has 8mg of calcium.
Radish sprouts and chicken contain similar amounts of iron - radish sprout has 0.86mg of iron per 100 grams and chicken has 0.93mg of iron.
Chicken is an excellent source of potassium and it has 687% more potassium than radish sprout - radish sprout has 86mg of potassium per 100 grams and chicken has 677mg of potassium.
For omega-3 fatty acids, radish sprout has more alpha linoleic acid (ALA) than chicken per 100 grams, however, chicken contains more dha and dpa than radish sprout per 100 grams.
Chicken | Radish Sprouts | |
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alpha linoleic acid | 0.1 G | 0.722 G |
DHA | 0.031 G | ~ |
EPA | 0.008 G | ~ |
DPA | 0.016 G | ~ |
Total | 0.155 G | 0.722 G |
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, chicken has more linoleic acid than radish sprout per 100 grams.
Chicken | Radish Sprouts | |
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other omega 6 | 0.02 G | ~ |
linoleic acid | 1.818 G | 0.41 G |
Total | 1.838 G | 0.41 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 (Chicken, ground, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned) and Radish Sprouts (Radish seeds, sprouted, raw) .
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G | 5% | Alcohol | 5% | G | |||