Blue crab, canned leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Blue crab, canned comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Blue crab, canned for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Pick Imitation scallops for less saturated fat and more magnesium.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN21.54 g12.9 g
- Carbohydrate0 g10.73 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat0.89 g0.41 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g0.08 gWIN
- Sodiumless is betterWIN678.31 mg803.03 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN312.05 mg104.04 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN109.64 mg8.08 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.6 mg0.31 mg
- Magnesiummore is better43.37 mg43.43 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN3.98 mg0 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.

