Blue crab, canned leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 1 tie
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Blue crab, canned comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Blue crab, canned for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Pick Shad, cooked for less sodium.
Evenly matched on fiber.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN21.54 g8.62 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g—
- Total fat0.89 g7 g
- Saturated fatless is better0.24 g—
- Sodiumless is better678.31 mg25.79 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN312.05 mg195.24 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN109.64 mg23.81 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.6 mg0.49 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN43.37 mg15.08 mg
- 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.

