Duck vs Chicken nutrition

Roasted duck has more fat, calories and iron. Roasted chicken breast has more protein and salt.

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Roasted duck100 g
Roasted chicken breast100 g

Calories1.2× more201 kcal165 kcal

Protein1.3× more23.5 g31 g

Carbsnone in either0 g0 g

Sugarnone in either0 g0 g

Fat3.1× more11.2 g3.6 g

Fibernone in either0 g0 g

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Saturated fat3.9× more4 g1 g

Cholesterol1.05× more89 mg85 mg

Salt (sodium)1.1× more65 mg74 mg

Potassiumabout the same252 mg256 mg

Calcium1.3× more12 mg15 mg

Iron2.6× more2.7 mg1 mg

Magnesium1.4× more20 mg29 mg

Vitamin A3.8× more23 µg6 µg

Vitamin Cnone in either0 mg0 mg

Exact amounts and % Daily Value

Exact amounts per 100 g, with each one's share of the FDA Daily Value — bold marks the larger amount
Nutrient	Roasted duck	Roasted chicken breast	Daily Value
Calories	201 kcal (10%)	165 kcal (8%)	2,000 kcal
Protein	23.5 g (47%)	31 g (62%)	50 g
Fat	11.2 g (14%)	3.6 g (5%)	78 g
Saturated fat	4 g (20%)	1 g (5%)	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%)	85 mg (28%)	300 mg
Salt (sodium)	65 mg (3%)	74 mg (3%)	2,300 mg
Potassium	252 mg (5%)	256 mg (5%)	4,700 mg
Calcium	12 mg (<1%)	15 mg (1%)	1,300 mg
Iron	2.7 mg (15%)	1 mg (6%)	18 mg
Magnesium	20 mg (5%)	29 mg (7%)	420 mg
Vitamin A	23 µg (3%)	6 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 roasted duck and roasted chicken breast as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Duck, domesticated, meat only, cooked, roasted” (FDC 172411) and “Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted” (FDC 171477). All figures start from 100 grams of the edible part. A search for “duck” is taken here as roasted duck; duck egg is in the comparer above. A search for “chicken” is taken here as roasted chicken breast; raw chicken breast, roasted chicken thigh, raw chicken thigh and roasted chicken wing are in the comparer above.

Per 100 grams

Per 100 grams, roasted duck has more calories (201 vs 165 kcal), fat (11.2 vs 3.6 g, 3.1 times as much), saturated fat (4 vs 1 g, 3.9 times as much), cholesterol (89 vs 85 mg), iron (2.7 vs 1 mg, 2.6 times as much) and vitamin A (23 vs 6 µg, 3.8 times as much). Roasted chicken breast has more protein (31 vs 23.5 g), sodium (74 vs 65 mg), calcium (15 vs 12 mg) and magnesium (29 vs 20 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 1 cup, chopped or diced of roasted duck (140 g) and ½ breast, bone and skin removed of roasted chicken breast (86 g). The roasted duck serving is 1.6 times as heavy, so per serving its numbers grow relative to the other. Switching to servings changes the leader for protein (now roasted duck), sodium (now roasted duck), calcium (now roasted duck) and magnesium (now roasted duck). One serving is 281 kcal of roasted duck against 142 kcal of roasted chicken breast.

For the same calories

To get 100 kcal you would eat 49.8 g of roasted duck or 60.6 g of roasted chicken breast. At that equal energy, roasted duck carries 11.7 g of protein and roasted chicken breast 18.8 g. Measured per 100 kcal instead of per 100 g, the larger amount moves for cholesterol (to roasted chicken breast).

Where the calories come from

Roughly, 48% of the energy in roasted duck comes from protein, 52% from fat and 0% from carbohydrate; for roasted chicken breast it is 79%, 21% 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 cup, chopped or diced of roasted duck reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in protein (66%), cholesterol (42%) and saturated fat (28%); ½ breast, bone and skin removed of roasted chicken breast reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in protein (53%), cholesterol (24%) and magnesium (6%). 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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