Beef vs Pork nutrition
Cooked ground beef (85% lean) has more fat, calories and protein than Roasted pork tenderloin.
- Cooked ground beef (85% lean)100 g
- Roasted pork tenderloin100 g
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Exact amounts and % Daily Value
| Nutrient | Cooked ground beef (85% lean) | Roasted pork tenderloin | Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 256 kcal (13%) | 147 kcal (7%) | 2,000 kcal |
| Protein | 27.7 g (55%) | 26 g (52%) | 50 g |
| Fat | 15.3 g (20%) | 4 g (5%) | 78 g |
| Saturated fat | 5.8 g (29%) | 1.4 g (7%) | 20 g |
| Carbs | 0 g (0%) | 0 g (0%) | 275 g |
| Fiber | 0 g (0%) | 0 g (0%) | 28 g |
| Sugar | 0 g | 0 g | none set |
| Cholesterol | 89 mg (30%) | 73 mg (24%) | 300 mg |
| Salt (sodium) | 89 mg (4%) | 57 mg (2%) | 2,300 mg |
| Potassium | 407 mg (9%) | 419 mg (9%) | 4,700 mg |
| Calcium | 22 mg (2%) | 6 mg (<1%) | 1,300 mg |
| Iron | 2.9 mg (16%) | 1.1 mg (6%) | 18 mg |
| Magnesium | 25 mg (6%) | 29 mg (7%) | 420 mg |
| Vitamin A | 3 µg (<1%) | 0 µg (0%) | 900 µg |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg (0%) | 0 mg (0%) | 90 mg |
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How the numbers are taken. Amounts are per 100 g of the edible part, from USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, public domain), in the state named — raw, boiled, roasted and so on. Percentages use the FDA Daily Values for adults and children aged 4 and over, set around a 2,000-calorie diet; your own needs can be different. This site compares amounts — it does not give diet or medical advice. Sources and limits.
What is being compared
This page compares cooked ground beef (85% lean) and roasted pork tenderloin as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned” (FDC 174034) and “Pork, fresh, loin, tenderloin, separable lean and fat, cooked, roasted” (FDC 167905). All figures start from 100 grams of the edible part. A search for “beef” is taken here as cooked ground beef (85% lean); cooked ground beef (90% lean), cooked ground beef (80% lean), cooked ground beef (95% lean) and raw ground beef (85% lean) are in the comparer above. A search for “pork” is taken here as roasted pork tenderloin; broiled pork chop, cooked ground pork, roasted pork shoulder and braised pork spareribs are in the comparer above. One is listed broiled and the other roasted. Cooking changes how much water is in 100 grams, so the same food can look richer or poorer per 100 g depending on its state.
Per 100 grams
Per 100 grams, cooked ground beef (85% lean) has more calories (256 vs 147 kcal, 1.7 times as much), protein (27.7 vs 26 g), fat (15.3 vs 4 g, 3.9 times as much), saturated fat (5.8 vs 1.4 g, 4.3 times as much), cholesterol (89 vs 73 mg), sodium (89 vs 57 mg, 1.6 times as much), calcium (22 vs 6 mg, 3.7 times as much), iron (2.9 vs 1.1 mg, 2.5 times as much) and vitamin A (3 vs 0 µg, against none). Roasted pork tenderloin has more magnesium (29 vs 25 mg). They are within 3% of each other for carbohydrate, fiber, sugars, potassium and vitamin C.
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Per serving
A serving as USDA measures it is 3 oz of cooked ground beef (85% lean) (85 g) and 3 oz of roasted pork tenderloin (85 g). The two servings weigh about the same, so the per-serving picture follows the per-100 g one closely. No nutrient changes leader when you switch from 100 g to servings. One serving is 218 kcal of cooked ground beef (85% lean) against 125 kcal of roasted pork tenderloin.
For the same calories
To get 100 kcal you would eat 39.1 g of cooked ground beef (85% lean) or 68 g of roasted pork tenderloin. At that equal energy, cooked ground beef (85% lean) carries 10.8 g of protein and roasted pork tenderloin 17.7 g. Measured per 100 kcal instead of per 100 g, the larger amount moves for protein (to roasted pork tenderloin), cholesterol (to roasted pork tenderloin) and sodium (to roasted pork tenderloin).
Where the calories come from
Roughly, 45% of the energy in cooked ground beef (85% lean) comes from protein, 55% from fat and 0% from carbohydrate; for roasted pork tenderloin it is 75%, 25% and 0%. These shares use the general 4, 9 and 4 kcal per gram and can differ slightly from USDA's own energy factors.
Against the Daily Value
3 oz of cooked ground beef (85% lean) reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in protein (47%), cholesterol (25%) and saturated fat (25%); 3 oz of roasted pork tenderloin reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in protein (44%), cholesterol (21%) and potassium (8%). Daily Values are the FDA label reference amounts for adults and children aged 4 and over, set around a 2,000-calorie diet; they are a yardstick for reading labels, not a target for any one person.
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