Eggs vs Chicken nutrition
Hard-boiled egg has more sugar, fat and calcium. Roasted chicken breast has more protein, calories and potassium.
- Hard-boiled egg100 g
- Roasted chicken breast100 g
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Exact amounts and % Daily Value
| Nutrient | Hard-boiled egg | Roasted chicken breast | Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 155 kcal (8%) | 165 kcal (8%) | 2,000 kcal |
| Protein | 12.6 g (25%) | 31 g (62%) | 50 g |
| Fat | 10.6 g (14%) | 3.6 g (5%) | 78 g |
| Saturated fat | 3.3 g (16%) | 1 g (5%) | 20 g |
| Carbs | 1.1 g (<1%) | 0 g (0%) | 275 g |
| Fiber | 0 g (0%) | 0 g (0%) | 28 g |
| Sugar | 1.1 g | 0 g | none set |
| Cholesterol | 373 mg (124%) | 85 mg (28%) | 300 mg |
| Salt (sodium) | 124 mg (5%) | 74 mg (3%) | 2,300 mg |
| Potassium | 126 mg (3%) | 256 mg (5%) | 4,700 mg |
| Calcium | 50 mg (4%) | 15 mg (1%) | 1,300 mg |
| Iron | 1.2 mg (7%) | 1 mg (6%) | 18 mg |
| Magnesium | 10 mg (2%) | 29 mg (7%) | 420 mg |
| Vitamin A | 149 µg (17%) | 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 hard-boiled egg and roasted chicken breast as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled” (FDC 173424) 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 “eggs” is taken here as hard-boiled egg; eggplant, cooked egg noodles, brioche (egg bread) and whole egg are 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. One is listed boiled 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, hard-boiled egg has more fat (10.6 vs 3.6 g, 3.0 times as much), saturated fat (3.3 vs 1 g, 3.2 times as much), carbohydrate (1.1 vs 0 g, against none), sugars (1.1 vs 0 g, against none), cholesterol (373 vs 85 mg, 4.4 times as much), sodium (124 vs 74 mg, 1.7 times as much), calcium (50 vs 15 mg, 3.3 times as much), iron (1.2 vs 1 mg) and vitamin A (149 vs 6 µg, about 25 times as much). Roasted chicken breast has more calories (165 vs 155 kcal), protein (31 vs 12.6 g, 2.5 times as much), potassium (256 vs 126 mg, 2.0 times as much) and magnesium (29 vs 10 mg, 2.9 times as much). They are within 3% of each other for fiber and vitamin C.
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Per serving
A serving as USDA measures it is 1 large of hard-boiled egg (50 g) and ½ breast, bone and skin removed of roasted chicken breast (86 g). The roasted chicken breast serving is 1.7 times as heavy, so per serving its numbers grow relative to the other. Switching to servings changes the leader for iron (now roasted chicken breast). One serving is 77.5 kcal of hard-boiled egg against 142 kcal of roasted chicken breast.
For the same calories
To get 100 kcal you would eat 64.5 g of hard-boiled egg or 60.6 g of roasted chicken breast. At that equal energy, hard-boiled egg carries 8.1 g of protein and roasted chicken breast 18.8 g. Measured per 100 kcal, every nutrient keeps the same leader as per 100 g.
Where the calories come from
Roughly, 33% of the energy in hard-boiled egg comes from protein, 64% from fat and 3% 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 large of hard-boiled egg reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in cholesterol (62%), protein (13%) and vitamin A (8%); 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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