Venison vs Beef nutrition
Roasted venison has more protein and iron. Cooked ground beef (85% lean) has more fat, calories and salt.
- Roasted venison100 g
- Cooked ground beef (85% lean)100 g
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Exact amounts and % Daily Value
| Nutrient | Roasted venison | Cooked ground beef (85% lean) | Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 158 kcal (8%) | 256 kcal (13%) | 2,000 kcal |
| Protein | 30.2 g (60%) | 27.7 g (55%) | 50 g |
| Fat | 3.2 g (4%) | 15.3 g (20%) | 78 g |
| Saturated fat | 1.3 g (6%) | 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 | 112 mg (37%) | 89 mg (30%) | 300 mg |
| Salt (sodium) | 54 mg (2%) | 89 mg (4%) | 2,300 mg |
| Potassium | 335 mg (7%) | 407 mg (9%) | 4,700 mg |
| Calcium | 7 mg (<1%) | 22 mg (2%) | 1,300 mg |
| Iron | 4.5 mg (25%) | 2.9 mg (16%) | 18 mg |
| Magnesium | 24 mg (6%) | 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 venison and cooked ground beef (85% lean) as USDA FoodData Central lists them: “Game meat, deer, cooked, roasted” (FDC 175085) 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 “venison” is taken here as roasted venison. 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 venison has more protein (30.2 vs 27.7 g), cholesterol (112 vs 89 mg) and iron (4.5 vs 2.9 mg, 1.5 times as much). Cooked ground beef (85% lean) has more calories (256 vs 158 kcal, 1.6 times as much), fat (15.3 vs 3.2 g, 4.8 times as much), saturated fat (5.8 vs 1.3 g, 4.6 times as much), sodium (89 vs 54 mg, 1.6 times as much), potassium (407 vs 335 mg), calcium (22 vs 7 mg, 3.1 times as much), magnesium (25 vs 24 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 venison, 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 venison (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 134 kcal of roasted venison against 218 kcal of cooked ground beef (85% lean).
For the same calories
To get 100 kcal you would eat 63.3 g of roasted venison or 39.1 g of cooked ground beef (85% lean). At that equal energy, roasted venison carries 19.1 g of protein and cooked ground beef (85% lean) 10.8 g. Measured per 100 kcal instead of per 100 g, the larger amount moves for potassium (to roasted venison) and magnesium (to roasted venison).
Where the calories come from
Roughly, 81% of the energy in roasted venison comes from protein, 19% 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 venison reaches its largest shares of the Daily Value in protein (51%), cholesterol (32%) and iron (21%); 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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