Turkey vs Chicken nutrition

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

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Roasted turkey breast100 g
Roasted chicken breast100 g

Calories1.1× more147 kcal165 kcal

Proteinabout the same30.1 g31 g

Carbsnone in either0 g0 g

Sugarnone in either0 g0 g

Fat1.7× more2.1 g3.6 g

Fibernone in either0 g0 g

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Saturated fat1.7× more0.59 g1 g

Cholesterol1.06× more80 mg85 mg

Salt (sodium)1.3× more99 mg74 mg

Potassiumabout the same249 mg256 mg

Calcium1.7× more9 mg15 mg

Iron1.5× more0.71 mg1 mg

Magnesium1.1× more32 mg29 mg

Vitamin A2.0× more3 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 turkey breast	Roasted chicken breast	Daily Value
Calories	147 kcal (7%)	165 kcal (8%)	2,000 kcal
Protein	30.1 g (60%)	31 g (62%)	50 g
Fat	2.1 g (3%)	3.6 g (5%)	78 g
Saturated fat	0.59 g (3%)	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	80 mg (27%)	85 mg (28%)	300 mg
Salt (sodium)	99 mg (4%)	74 mg (3%)	2,300 mg
Potassium	249 mg (5%)	256 mg (5%)	4,700 mg
Calcium	9 mg (<1%)	15 mg (1%)	1,300 mg
Iron	0.71 mg (4%)	1 mg (6%)	18 mg
Magnesium	32 mg (8%)	29 mg (7%)	420 mg
Vitamin A	3 µg (<1%)	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 turkey breast and roasted chicken breast as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Turkey, whole, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted” (FDC 171496) 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 “turkey” is taken here as roasted turkey breast; roasted turkey (dark meat), roasted turkey (whole, meat only), cooked ground turkey and cooked ground turkey (85% lean) 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.

Per 100 grams

Per 100 grams, roasted turkey breast has more sodium (99 vs 74 mg) and magnesium (32 vs 29 mg). Roasted chicken breast has more calories (165 vs 147 kcal), fat (3.6 vs 2.1 g, 1.7 times as much), saturated fat (1 vs 0.59 g, 1.7 times as much), cholesterol (85 vs 80 mg), calcium (15 vs 9 mg, 1.7 times as much), iron (1 vs 0.71 mg) and vitamin A (6 vs 3 µg, 2.0 times as much). They are within 3% of each other for protein, carbohydrate, fiber, sugars, potassium and vitamin C.

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Per serving

A serving as USDA measures it is 3 oz of roasted turkey breast (85 g) and ½ breast, bone and skin removed of roasted chicken breast (86 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 125 kcal of roasted turkey breast against 142 kcal of roasted chicken breast.

For the same calories

To get 100 kcal you would eat 68 g of roasted turkey breast or 60.6 g of roasted chicken breast. At that equal energy, roasted turkey breast carries 20.5 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 turkey breast).

Where the calories come from

Roughly, 87% of the energy in roasted turkey breast comes from protein, 13% 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

3 oz of roasted turkey breast reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in protein (51%), cholesterol (23%) and magnesium (6%); 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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