A portion of lean chicken meat contains nearly half of the day’s recommended intake of protein, a whole day’s intake of vitamin B3, and makes a large contribution to our intake of minerals  such as iron, the antioxidant zinc and potassium. Chicken is rich in selenium, one of the minerals that is often lacking in our diet, and which has strong anticancer action.

Organic chicken contain higher levels of omega-3 fats, vitamin C and other nutrients than non-organic meat

150 g of skinned chicken contains

• 166 Kcalories
• 4 g fat
• 30.5 g protein
• 11.8 g niacin
• 1.5 g vitamin B5
• 0.6 mg vitamin B6
• 0.5 mcg vitamin B12
• 356 mg v potassium
• 25 mcg selenium
• 34 mg magnesium
• 15 mg calcium
• 1.5 mg iron
• 1.8 mg zinc