Ever wonder how your favorite foods stack up against each other in terms of nutrition?
We compared the nutritional contents of
cooked
boiled egg
versus
beef broth
(100g each)
below using 2020 USDA and NIH data[1].
For a quick recap of significant nutrients and differences in boiled egg and beef broth:
Boiled egg is high in calories and beef broth has 95% less calories than boiled egg - beef broth has 7 calories per 100 grams and boiled egg has 155 calories.
For macronutrient ratios, boiled egg is much lighter in protein, much heavier in fat and similar to beef broth for carbs. Boiled egg has a macronutrient ratio of 34:3:64 and for beef broth, 69:3:29 for protein, carbohydrates and fat from calories.
Macro Ratios from Calories:
Boiled Egg | Beef Broth | |
---|---|---|
Protein | 34% | 69% |
Carbohydrates | 3% | 3% |
Fat | 64% | 29% |
Alcohol | ~ | ~ |
Both beef broth and boiled egg are low in carbohydrates - beef broth has 0.04g of total carbs per 100 grams and boiled egg has 1.1g of carbohydrates.
Beef broth has less sugar than boiled egg - boiled egg has 1.1g of sugar per 100 grams and beef broth does not contain significant amounts.
Boiled egg is an excellent source of protein and it has 10 times more protein than beef broth - beef broth has 1.1g of protein per 100 grams and boiled egg has 12.6g of protein.
Beef broth has 28.7 times less saturated fat than boiled egg - beef broth has 0.11g of saturated fat per 100 grams and boiled egg has 3.3g of saturated fat.
Boiled egg is high in cholesterol and beef broth has less cholesterol than boiled egg - boiled egg has 373mg of cholesterol per 100 grams and beef broth does not contain significant amounts.
Boiled egg is a great source of Vitamin A and it has more Vitamin A than beef broth - boiled egg has 149ug of Vitamin A per 100 grams and beef broth does not contain significant amounts.
Boiled egg is a great source of Vitamin D and it has more Vitamin D than beef broth - boiled egg has 87iu of Vitamin D per 100 grams and beef broth does not contain significant amounts.
Boiled egg has more Vitamin E than beef broth - boiled egg has 1mg of Vitamin E per 100 grams and beef broth does not contain significant amounts.
Boiled egg and beef broth contain similar amounts of Vitamin K - boiled egg has 0.3ug of Vitamin K per 100 grams and beef broth does not contain significant amounts.
Boiled egg has more thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, Vitamin B6, folate and Vitamin B12, however, beef broth contains more niacin.
Boiled Egg | Beef Broth | |
---|---|---|
Thiamin | 0.066 MG | 0.002 MG |
Riboflavin | 0.513 MG | 0.021 MG |
Niacin | 0.064 MG | 0.78 MG |
Pantothenic acid | 1.398 MG | 0.02 MG |
Vitamin B6 | 0.121 MG | 0.01 MG |
Folate | 44 UG | 2 UG |
Vitamin B12 | 1.11 UG | 0.07 UG |
Boiled egg is a great source of calcium and it has 733% more calcium than beef broth - beef broth has 6mg of calcium per 100 grams and boiled egg has 50mg of calcium.
Boiled egg has 600% more iron than beef broth - beef broth has 0.17mg of iron per 100 grams and boiled egg has 1.2mg of iron.
Boiled egg has 133% more potassium than beef broth - beef broth has 54mg of potassium per 100 grams and boiled egg has 126mg of potassium.
Comparing omega-6 fatty acids, boiled egg has more linoleic acid than beef broth per 100 grams.
Boiled Egg | Beef Broth | |
---|---|---|
linoleic acid | 1.188 G | 0.01 G |
other omega 6 | 0.149 G | ~ |
Total | 1.337 G | 0.01 G |
The comparison below is by common portions, e.g. cups, packages. You can also see a more concrete comparison by weight at equal weight (by grams) comparison.
Note: The specific food items compared are: Boiled Egg (Egg, whole, cooked, hard-boiled) and Beef Broth (Soup, beef broth or bouillon canned, ready-to-serve) .
Cooked Boiled Egg 136g
(
cup
)
|
Daily Values (%) |
Beef Broth 240g
(
cup
)
|
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211KCAL 11% |
|
>999% | calories | 5% |
|
17KCAL 1% | |
1.5G 1% |
|
>999% | carbohydrates | 5% |
|
||
1.5G | >999% | sugar | 5% | ||||
14G 23% |
|
>999% | total fat | 5% |
|
0.53G 1% | |
4.4G 25% |
|
>999% | saturated fat | 5% |
|
0.26G 2% | |
5.5G | >999% | monounsaturated fat | 5% | 0.22G | |||
1.9G | >999% | polyunsaturated fat | 5% | 0.02G | |||
507MG | >999% | cholesterol | 5% | ||||
169MG 11% |
|
5% | sodium | 428% |
|
893MG 60% | |
5% | Vitamins and Minerals | 5% | |||||
203UG 29% |
|
>999% | Vitamin A | 5% |
|
||
118IU 24% |
|
>999% | Vitamin D | 5% |
|
||
68MG 7% |
|
386% | calcium | 5% |
|
14MG 1% | |
1.6MG 9% |
|
290% | iron | 5% |
|
0.41MG 2% | |
14MG 4% |
|
192% | magnesium | 5% |
|
4.8MG 2% | |
171MG 8% |
|
32% | potassium | 5% |
|
130MG 6% | |
0.09MG 8% |
|
>999% | thiamin (Vit B1) | 5% |
|
0MG 0.4% | |
0.7MG 63% |
|
>999% | riboflavin (Vit B2) | 5% |
|
0.05MG 5% | |
0.09MG 1% |
|
5% | niacin (Vit B3) | >999% |
|
1.9MG 13% | |
0.16MG 13% |
|
697% | Vitamin B6 | 5% |
|
0.02MG 2% | |
1.9MG 38% |
|
>999% | pantothenic acid (Vit B5) | 5% |
|
0.05MG 1% | |
60UG 15% |
|
>999% | folate (Vit B9) | 5% |
|
4.8UG 1% | |
1.5UG 63% |
|
782% | Vitamin B12 | 5% |
|
0.17UG 7% | |
1.4MG 9% |
|
>999% | Vitamin E | 5% |
|
||
0.41UG 1% |
|
>999% | Vitamin K | 5% |
|
||
17G 34% |
|
530% | protein | 5% |
|
2.7G 6% | |
400MG 94% |
|
>999% | choline | 5% |
|
7MG 2% | |
0.02MG 2% |
|
>999% | copper | 5% |
|
||
6.5UG 0.2% |
|
5% | fluoride | 977% |
|
70UG 2% | |
0.04MG 2% |
|
100% | manganese | 5% |
|
0.02MG 1% | |
234MG 33% |
|
655% | phosphorus | 5% |
|
31MG 5% | |
42UG 76% |
|
>999% | selenium | 5% |
|
1.7UG 3% | |
1.4MG 18% |
|
>999% | zinc | 5% |
|
||
101G | 5% | Water | 132% | 234G | |||
NO SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS (either food): Starch, Alcohol, dietary fiber, chlorine, chromium, iodine, molybdenum, Vitamin C, biotin (Vit B7), trans fat. |