Lamb vs Beef nutrition
Roasted lamb leg has more fat and calories. Cooked ground beef (85% lean) has more protein, iron and potassium.
- Roasted lamb leg100 g
- Cooked ground beef (85% lean)100 g
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Exact amounts and % Daily Value
| Nutrient | Roasted lamb leg | Cooked ground beef (85% lean) | Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 284 kcal (14%) | 256 kcal (13%) | 2,000 kcal |
| Protein | 24.9 g (50%) | 27.7 g (55%) | 50 g |
| Fat | 19.7 g (25%) | 15.3 g (20%) | 78 g |
| Saturated fat | 8.3 g (41%) | 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 | no data | 0 g | none set |
| Cholesterol | 96 mg (32%) | 89 mg (30%) | 300 mg |
| Salt (sodium) | 68 mg (3%) | 89 mg (4%) | 2,300 mg |
| Potassium | 304 mg (6%) | 407 mg (9%) | 4,700 mg |
| Calcium | 11 mg (<1%) | 22 mg (2%) | 1,300 mg |
| Iron | 2 mg (11%) | 2.9 mg (16%) | 18 mg |
| Magnesium | 23 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 roasted lamb leg and cooked ground beef (85% lean) as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Lamb, leg, sirloin half, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, choice, cooked, roasted” (FDC 172550) 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 “lamb” is taken here as roasted lamb leg; broiled ground lamb and broiled lamb chop (loin) are in the comparer above. 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. One is listed roasted and the other broiled. 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, roasted lamb leg has more calories (284 vs 256 kcal), fat (19.7 vs 15.3 g), saturated fat (8.3 vs 5.8 g) and cholesterol (96 vs 89 mg). Cooked ground beef (85% lean) has more protein (27.7 vs 24.9 g), sodium (89 vs 68 mg), potassium (407 vs 304 mg), calcium (22 vs 11 mg, 2.0 times as much), iron (2.9 vs 2 mg), magnesium (25 vs 23 mg) and vitamin A (3 vs 0 µg, against none). They are within 3% of each other for carbohydrate, fiber and vitamin C. USDA gives no sugars figure for roasted lamb leg, so sugars is left out rather than counted as zero.
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Per serving
A serving as USDA measures it is 3 oz of roasted lamb leg (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 241 kcal of roasted lamb leg against 218 kcal of cooked ground beef (85% lean).
For the same calories
To get 100 kcal you would eat 35.2 g of roasted lamb leg or 39.1 g of cooked ground beef (85% lean). At that equal energy, roasted lamb leg carries 8.8 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, 36% of the energy in roasted lamb leg comes from protein, 64% 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
3 oz of roasted lamb leg reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in protein (42%), saturated fat (35%) and cholesterol (27%); 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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