Catfish vs. Crab — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between catfish and crab?

Catfish has less copper, selenium, zinc, vitamin B12, folate, calcium, and vitamin E than crab.
Crab's daily need coverage for copper is 86% higher.
Catfish has 8 times more saturated fat than crab. Catfish has 1.586g of saturated fat, while crab has 0.201g.

We used Fish, catfish, channel, farmed, cooked, dry heat and Crustaceans, crab, blue, canned types in this comparison.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Catfish

Crab

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+41.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-78.9%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+56.5%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+911.1%
Contains more IronIron	+78.6%
Contains more CopperCopper	+1987.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+556.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+311.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+333.3%

~equal in Phosphorus ~234mg

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.

Catfish

Crab

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+13.5%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+733.3%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+89.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+22.9%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+19.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+325%

~equal in Vitamin A ~1µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.023mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.093mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~2.747mg

~equal in Choline ~80.9mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	0.039mg	0.814mg	86%
Selenium	9.9µg	42.9µg	60%
Zinc	0.58mg	3.81mg	29%
Vitamin B12	2.78µg	3.33µg	23%
Sodium	119mg	563mg	19%
Fats	7.19g	0.74g	10%
Cholesterol	66mg	97mg	10%
Folate	12µg	51µg	10%
Calcium	9mg	91mg	8%
Polyunsaturated fat	1.354g	0.258g	7%
Monounsaturated fat	3.115g	0.129g	7%
Vitamin E	0.97mg	1.84mg	6%
Saturated fat	1.586g	0.201g	6%
Vitamin B5	0.811mg	0.997mg	4%
Vitamin C	0mg	3.3mg	4%
Calories	144kcal	83kcal	3%
Magnesium	23mg	36mg	3%
Potassium	366mg	259mg	3%
Iron	0.28mg	0.5mg	3%
Phosphorus	247mg	234mg	2%
Manganese	0.018mg	0.074mg	2%
Vitamin K	2.5µg	0.3µg	2%
Vitamin D	0.3µg	0µg	2%
Vitamin B6	0.177mg	0.156mg	2%
Protein	18.44g	17.88g	1%
Vitamin B3	2.548mg	2.747mg	1%
Vitamin B2	0.1mg	0.093mg	1%
Vitamin D	10IU	0IU	1%
Vitamin A	1µg	1µg	0%
Vitamin B1	0.024mg	0.023mg	0%
Trans fat	0.063g	0.014g	N/A
Choline	78.7mg	80.9mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.22mg	0.226mg	0%
Threonine	0.833mg	0.727mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.82mg	0.776mg	0%
Leucine	1.396mg	1.307mg	0%
Lysine	1.677mg	1.386mg	0%
Methionine	0.539mg	0.452mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.735mg	0.708mg	0%
Valine	0.894mg	0.806mg	0%
Histidine	0.404mg	0.393mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.02g	0.101g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.069g	0.067g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.018g	0.009g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.049g	0.005g	N/A