Chicken Dark Meat
Description
Chicken dark meat, the flesh taken from the chicken drumstick and the chicken thigh, which contains more calories, cholesterol, and lipids than chicken light meat.
Caloric Content
| 1 | |
| Calories: | 136 |
| Protein: | 21.9 gm |
| Carbohydrates: | 0 gm |
| Fiber: | 0 gm |
| Total fats: | 4.7 gm |
| Saturated fats: | 1.2 gm |
| Unsaturated fats: | 2.63 gm |
| Cholesterol: | 87 mg |
1. Without Skin - 109 grams
Vitamin Content
| 1 | USRDA | |
| Vitamin A: | 78 | 5000 IU |
| Thiamine: | .084 | 1.7 mg |
| Vitamin B-2: | .201 | 1.7 mg |
| Vitamin B-6: | .36 | 2.0 mg |
| Vitamin B-12: | .39 | 6 mcg |
| Biotin: | - | 300 mcg |
| Niacin: | 6.8 | 20 mg |
| Pantothenic Acid: | 1.36 | 10 mg |
| Folic acid: | 11 | 400 mcg |
| Vitamin C: | 3.4 | 60 mg |
| Vitamin E: | - | 30 IU |
1. Without Skin - 109 grams
Mineral Content
| 1 | USRDA | |
| Calcium: | 13 | 1000 mg |
| Copper: | .069 | 2 mg |
| Iron: | 1.12 | 18 mg |
| Magnesium: | 25 | 400 mg |
| Manganese: | .023 | n/a mg |
| Phosphorus: | 177 | 1000 mg |
| Potassium: | 241 | n/a mg |
| Selenium: | - | n/a mcg |
| Sodium: | 93 | n/a mg |
| Zinc: | 2.18 | 15 mg |
1. Without Skin - 109 grams
Amino Acid Content
| 1 | |
| Tryptophan: | .256 gm |
| Threonine: | .924 gm |
| Isoleucine: | 1.15 gm |
| Leucine: | 1.64 gm |
| Lysine: | 1.86 gm |
| Methionine: | .606 gm |
| Cysteine: | .280 gm |
| Phenylalanine: | .869 gm |
| Tyrosine: | .739 gm |
| Valine: | 1.08 gm |
| Arginine: | 1.32 gm |
| Histidine: | .679 gm |
| Alanine: | 1.19 gm |
| Aspartic acid: | 1.95 gm |
| Glutamic acid: | 3.27 gm |
| Glycine: | 1.07 gm |
| Proline: | .900 gm |
| Serine: | .753 gm |
1. Without Skin - 109 grams
References
Kirschmann, John D. Nutrition Almanac: Nutrition Search. McGraw-Hill: New York. 1984.
Kreutner, Patricia A. Nutrition In Perspective. Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs. 1980.
United States Department of Agriculture. Composition of Foods: Poultry Products-Raw-Processed-Prepared. Washington D.C. 1979.
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