Chicken, broilers or fryers, leg, meat only, raw: nutrition per 100 g
Food group: Poultry Products.
What 100 g gives you in pregnancy
| Folate | 4 mcg — 1% of the daily need in pregnancy |
- Folate lowers the risk of neural tube defects, which form in the first weeks of pregnancy.
Daily requirements are NIH / US Dietary Reference Intakes recommended intakes for pregnancy. Requirements differ by country, so these percentages are only meaningful against the authority named here. They describe 100 g of this food, not a meal plan.
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 120 kcal |
| Protein | 19.2 g |
| Fat | 4.2 g |
| Iron | 0.8 mg |
| Calcium | 10 mg |
| Folate | 4 mcg |
| Choline | 49 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.6 mcg |
| Zinc | 1.8 mg |
| Sodium | 96 mg |
Explore further
Chicken, broilers or fryers, leg, meat only, raw is a notable source of folate — see what each does in pregnancy.
More poultry products: Canada Goose, breast meat only, skinless, raw, Chicken breast tenders, breaded, cooked, microwaved, Chicken breast tenders, breaded, uncooked, Chicken patty, frozen, cooked, Chicken patty, frozen, uncooked, Chicken, broiler, rotisserie, BBQ, back meat only.
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Source: USDA FoodData Central (public domain). Values are per 100 g, from the sr legacy food dataset.
Composition varies with variety, growing conditions, storage and preparation, so treat these as typical values rather than exact ones for the item in your kitchen.
Educational reference, not medical advice.