Bison vs Beef nutrition
Cooked ground bison has more iron. Cooked ground beef (85% lean) has more protein, calories and salt.
- Cooked ground bison100 g
- Cooked ground beef (85% lean)100 g
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Exact amounts and % Daily Value
| Nutrient | Cooked ground bison | Cooked ground beef (85% lean) | Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 238 kcal (12%) | 256 kcal (13%) | 2,000 kcal |
| Protein | 23.8 g (48%) | 27.7 g (55%) | 50 g |
| Fat | 15.1 g (19%) | 15.3 g (20%) | 78 g |
| Saturated fat | 6.5 g (32%) | 5.8 g (29%) | 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 | 83 mg (28%) | 89 mg (30%) | 300 mg |
| Salt (sodium) | 73 mg (3%) | 89 mg (4%) | 2,300 mg |
| Potassium | 341 mg (7%) | 407 mg (9%) | 4,700 mg |
| Calcium | 13 mg (1%) | 22 mg (2%) | 1,300 mg |
| Iron | 3.1 mg (17%) | 2.9 mg (16%) | 18 mg |
| Magnesium | 22 mg (5%) | 25 mg (6%) | 420 mg |
| Vitamin A | 0 µg (0%) | 3 µg (<1%) | 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 bison and cooked ground beef (85% lean) as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Game meat, bison, ground, cooked, pan-broiled” (FDC 174422) and “Beef, ground, 85% lean meat / 15% fat, crumbles, cooked, pan-browned” (FDC 174034). All figures start from 100 grams of the edible part. A search for “bison” is taken here as cooked ground bison. 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.
Per 100 grams
Per 100 grams, cooked ground bison has more saturated fat (6.5 vs 5.8 g) and iron (3.1 vs 2.9 mg). Cooked ground beef (85% lean) has more calories (256 vs 238 kcal), protein (27.7 vs 23.8 g), cholesterol (89 vs 83 mg), sodium (89 vs 73 mg), potassium (407 vs 341 mg), calcium (22 vs 13 mg, 1.7 times as much), magnesium (25 vs 22 mg) and vitamin A (3 vs 0 µg, against none). They are within 3% of each other for fat, carbohydrate, fiber, sugars and vitamin C.
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Per serving
A serving as USDA measures it is 1 serving ( 3 oz ) of cooked ground bison (85 g) and 3 oz of cooked ground beef (85% lean) (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 202 kcal of cooked ground bison against 218 kcal of cooked ground beef (85% lean).
For the same calories
To get 100 kcal you would eat 42 g of cooked ground bison or 39.1 g of cooked ground beef (85% lean). At that equal energy, cooked ground bison carries 10 g of protein and cooked ground beef (85% lean) 10.8 g. Measured per 100 kcal, every nutrient keeps the same leader as per 100 g.
Where the calories come from
Roughly, 41% of the energy in cooked ground bison comes from protein, 59% from fat and 0% from carbohydrate; for cooked ground beef (85% lean) it is 45%, 55% 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
1 serving ( 3 oz ) of cooked ground bison reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in protein (40%), saturated fat (27%) and cholesterol (24%); 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%). 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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