Mackerel, canned leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Blue crab, canned: 100 g · Mackerel, canned: 100 g.
The verdict
Mackerel, canned comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Blue crab, canned for less saturated fat, more potassium and more vitamin C.
Pick Mackerel, canned for more protein, less sodium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy83 kcal156 kcal
- Proteinmore is better17.88 g23.19 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat0.74 g6.3 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.2 g1.86 g
- Sodiumless is better563 mg379 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN259 mg194 mg
- Calciummore is better91 mg241 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.5 mg2.04 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better36 mg37 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN3.3 mg0.9 mg
- 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.

