Blue crab, canned leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Blue crab, canned comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Blue crab, canned for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Mackerel, canned for less sodium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN21.54 g14.87 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat0.89 g4.04 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.24 g1.19 g
- Sodiumless is better678.31 mg242.95 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN312.05 mg124.36 mg
- Calciummore is better109.64 mg154.49 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.6 mg1.31 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43.37 mg23.72 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN3.98 mg0.58 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.

