Nutrition for Chicken Quarter (raw)

Calories, Protein, Vitamins and More

Chicken Quarter Nutrition Summary

One drumstick+thigh+back of raw chicken quarter (344 grams or 0.8 lb) contains 736 calories and 56.3 grams of protein. Chicken quarter consist of 67% water, 16% protein, 16% fat, and less than 1% of carbohydrates.

Chicken quarter is an excellent source of many nutrients, including protein, iron, potassium, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamin B6, pantothenic acid and Vitamin B12. It also contains significant amounts of Vitamin A, calcium, magnesium, thiamin, phosphorus, choline, copper, zinc and selenium.

In one drumstick+thigh+back of raw chicken quarter:

  • Calories: 736
  • Protein: 56.3 g
  • Fat: 54.9 g, (Saturated: 15 g)
  • Cholesterol: 319.9 mg
  • Sodium: 289 mg
There is no significant amounts of sugar or dietary fiber in chicken quarter.

See the Chicken Quarter Nutrition Chart for complete recommended daily values.
The specific nutritional values from USDA is for: Chicken, broilers or fryers, leg, meat and skin, raw.

Calories in Chicken Quarter

Chicken quarter has 736 calories per drumstick+thigh+back or 214 calories for every 100 grams. Most of its calories are from fat and protein.

69% of calories in chicken quarter are from fat and 31% of calories are from protein.

Calories from Fat

The majority, or 69% of the calories in raw Chicken Quarter are from fat. Chicken quarter is high in total fat, with 54.9 grams or 86% of recommended daily values per drumstick+thigh+back. Most of the fat in chicken quarter are healthier unsaturated fats but it also contains a high amount of saturated fat, about 80% of recommended daily values.

Chicken quarter contains 0.2064 grams of trans fat and319.9 mg of cholesterol.

  • Total fat: 54.9 g
  • Cholesterol: 319.9 mg
  • Trans fat: 0.2 g
  • Saturated fat: 15 g
  • Monounsaturated fat: 22.8 g
  • Polyunsaturated fat: 11.5 g

Omega-3 and Omega-6 in Chicken Quarter

Chicken quarter is a source of healthy omega-3 fatty acids, containing a total of 0.53 grams for every drumstick+thigh+back. It contains significant amounts of alpha linoleic acid. [2]

  • alpha linoleic acid: 0.53 g
Also a good source of omega-6 fatty acids, every drumstick+thigh+back of chicken quarter contains a total of 10.6 grams of omega-6. In addition, a large portion of the omega-6 in chicken quarter comes from linolenic acid - the only essential omega-6 fatty acid. [2]

  • linoleic acid: 10.28 g
  • other omega 6: 0.35 g
The omega-6 to omega-3 ratio in chicken quarter is 20.1: 1.

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Protein in Chicken Quarter

An excellent source of protein, a single drumstick+thigh+back of Chicken Quarter contains 113% of recommended daily values or 56.3 grams of protein. In addition, chicken quarter is also a source of complete protein, meaning it abundantly contains all 9 essential amino acids.

  • Protein: 56.31 g
  • Tryptophan: 0.59 g
  • Threonine: 2.51 g
  • Isoleucine: 2.55 g
  • Leucine: 4.49 g
  • Lysine: 4.95 g
  • Methionine: 1.51 g
  • Phenylalanine: 2.17 g
  • Valine: 2.64 g
  • Histidine: 1.6 g

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Vitamins and Minerals in Chicken Quarter

An good source of many nutrients, raw chicken quarter contains abundant amounts of iron, potassium, riboflavin, niacin, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin B12. In fact, a single drumstick+thigh+back of chicken quarter contains 116% of recommended daily values or 16.3 milligrams of niacin. Also an excellent source of riboflavin, a single drumstick+thigh+back of chicken quarter contains 44% of recommended daily values or 0.5 milligrams of riboflavin.

Vitamins in chicken quarter (1 drumstick+thigh+back):
  • Vitamin a: 96.3 ug
  • Thiamin: 0.3 mg
  • Riboflavin: 0.5 mg
  • Niacin: 16.3 mg
  • Vitamin b6: 1.1 mg
  • Vitamin c: 0.7 mg
  • Vitamin e: 0.8 mg
  • Folate: 13.8 ug
  • Vitamin b12: 1.9 ug
  • Vitamin k: 7.9 ug
Minerals in chicken quarter (1 drumstick+thigh+back):
  • Calcium: 31 mg
  • Potassium: 698.3 mg
  • Iron: 2.4 mg
  • Magnesium: 65.4 mg
  • Zinc: 5.1 mg
  • Selenium: 61.9 ug
  • Phosphorus: 533.2 mg
  • Copper: 0.2 mg
  • Manganese: 0.1 mg
  • Choline: 143.1 mg
There is no significant amounts of pantothenic acid in chicken quarter.

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Flavonoids and Carotenoids in Chicken Quarter [3]

Chicken quarter contains a couple of healthy phytonutrients and antioxidants, specifically carotenoid lutein + zeaxanthin. In one drumstick+thigh+back of chicken quarter:

  • lutein + zeaxanthin: 313 ug

Chicken Quarter Nutrition Chart

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Nutrition calculations are from Harvard Medical's nutrient guidelines [1] and USDA's food central database (2019) [2].
We calculated values from 2000 kCal daily recommended diet.

Chicken Quarter in Cooking

Chicken Quarter should be cooked before consumption .


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