Raw blue crab vs Shrimp, cooked
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 115 g of raw blue crab or 101 g of shrimp, cooked. Both get most of their calories from protein.
More in raw blue crab: copper (2×), zinc (2.5×), sodium (3×) and manganese (5.2×). More in shrimp, cooked: cholesterol (2.1×) and protein. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
115 g · 20.8 g protein · 0.046 g carbs · 1.2 g fat
101 g · 24.2 g protein · 0.2 g carbs · 0.28 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Copper0.77 mg · 0.38 mg85%43%
- Cholesterollimit89.7 mg · 191 mg30%64%
- Zinc4.1 mg · 1.7 mg37%15%
- Sodiumlimit337 mg · 112 mg15%5%
- Protein20.8 g · 24.2 g42%48%
- Manganese0.17 mg · 0.033 mg7%1%
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Total fat1.2 g · 0.28 g2%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.26 g · 0.057 g1%·<1%
- Carbohydrates0.046 g · 0.2 g<1%·<1%
- Potassium378 mg · 262 mg8%·6%
- Calcium102 mg · 70.7 mg8%·5%
- Iron0.85 mg · 0.52 mg5%·3%
- Magnesium39.1 mg · 39.4 mg9%·9%
- Phosphorus263 mg · 239 mg21%·19%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: fiber, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin C, thiamin (B1), riboflavin (B2), niacin (B3), pantothenic acid (B5), vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12.
From USDA FoodData Central: Raw blue crab (SR Legacy 174204), Shrimp, cooked (SR Legacy 175180). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.