Mussels, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Mussels, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Abalone, raw for less saturated fat, less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Mussels, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy105 kcal172 kcal
- Proteinmore is better17.1 g23.8 gWIN
- Carbohydrate6.01 g7.39 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat0.76 g4.48 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.15 g0.85 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN301 mg369 mg
- Potassiummore is better250 mg268 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better31 mg33 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better3.19 mg6.72 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN48 mg37 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better2 mg13.6 mgWIN
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

