Chicken legs (with skin): Nutrition Facts

Chicken legs (with skin) is one of the few products that contains a wide variety of macro- and micronutrients that our body consumes every day. In our report, each element included in the composition of this product is examined in detail.

Calories (per 100g): 247.2 kcal

Chicken legs (with skin) contains 0 grams of total sugars, 0.1 grams of dietary fiber and 0 grams of starch.
It has 94 milligrams of cholesterol and 0 milligrams of total trans fats.

Chicken legs (with skin) — proteins, carbohydrates and fats (PCF)

Every 100 grams of Chicken legs (with skin) provides about 35.8% of recommended daily protein intake. It also contents up to 17.2% of the daily intake of fats and 0.8% of carbs.


PCFPercent Daily Value (100g)
Protein26.8 g
35.8%
Fat14.4 g
17.2%
Carbs2.5 g
0.8%

Vitamins

The chart below shows the vitamin content of Chicken legs (with skin) of recommended daily intake in percent.

VitaminsPercent Daily Value (100g)
Vitamine A0 mg
0.0%
Beta Carotene0 mg
0.0%
Alpha Carotene0 mg
0.0%
Vitamine D0 mg
0.0%
Vitamine D20 mg
0.0%
Vitamine D30 mg
0.0%
Vitamine E0 mg
0.0%
Vitamine K0 mg
0.0%
Vitamine C0 mg
0.0%
Vitamine B10.1 mg
8.3%
Vitamine B20.2 mg
15.4%
Vitamine B36.5 mg
40.6%
Vitamine B40 mg
0.0%
Vitamine B51.2 mg
24.0%
Vitamine B60.3 mg
23.1%
Vitamine B90 mg
0.0%
Vitamine B120 mg
0.0%

Minerals

The chart below shows the mineral content of Chicken legs (with skin).

MineralsPercent Daily Value (100g)
Calcium13 mg
1.3%
Iron1.4 mg
14.0%
Magnesium24 mg
6.0%
Phosphorus182 mg
26.0%
Potassium233 mg
5.0%
Sodium88 mg
6.8%
Zinc2.7 mg
24.5%
Copper0.1 mg
11.1%
Manganese0 mg
0.0%
Selenium0 mg
0.0%
Fluoride0 mg
0.0%

Amino acids

The chart below shows the amino acid content of Chicken legs (with skin).
Amino AcidsPercent Daily Value (100g)
Tryptophan304 mg
3.8%
Threonine1.1 g
46.3%
Isoleucine1.4 g
67.8%
Leucine2.0 g
42.8%
Lysine2.2 g
53.4%
Methionine718 mg
39.9%
Cystine357 mg
19.8%
Phenylalanine1.1 g
24.0%
Tyrosine875 mg
19.9%
Valine1.3 g
52.4%
Arginine1.7 g
27.2%
Histidine797 mg
38.0%
Alanine1.5 g
23.2%
Aspartic acid2.4 g
19.5%
Glutamic acid4.0 g
29.6%
Glycine1.6 g
46.3%
Proline1.3 g
28.4%
Serine948 mg
11.4%

A branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) is a complex of three essential amino acids leucine (1.969 g), isoleucine (1.357 g) and valine (1.310 g).
Chicken legs (with skin) contains 4.64 grams of BCAAs per every 100 grams.

Creatine can be synthesized in the body from the three common amino acids glycine (1.621 g), arginine (1.659 g) and methionine (0.718 g).
Chicken legs (with skin) contains 4.00 grams of these amino acids per every 100 grams.

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