Clams, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Blue crab, canned: 100 g · Clams, cooked: 100 g.
The verdict
Clams, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Blue crab, canned for less sodium and more magnesium.
Pick Clams, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy83 kcal148 kcal
- Proteinmore is better17.88 g25.55 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0 g5.13 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat0.74 g1.95 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.2 g0.19 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN563 mg1202 mg
- Potassiummore is better259 mg628 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better91 mg92 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.5 mg2.81 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN36 mg18 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better3.3 mg22.1 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.

