Blue crab, canned leads 8–0 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Blue crab, canned: 100 g · Shrimp, raw: 100 g.
The verdict
Blue crab, canned comes out ahead, winning 8 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Blue crab, canned for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy83 kcal71 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN17.88 g13.61 g
- Carbohydrate0 g0.91 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat0.74 g1.01 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN0.2 g0.26 g
- Sodiumless is betterWIN563 mg566 mg
- Potassiummore is betterWIN259 mg113 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN91 mg54 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.5 mg0.21 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN36 mg22 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is betterWIN3.3 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.

