Blue cheese vs. Crab — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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A recap on differences between blue cheese and crab

Blue cheese has more calcium, vitamin B2, phosphorus, vitamin B5, and vitamin A; however, crab is higher in vitamin B12, copper, and selenium.
Blue cheese covers your daily saturated fat needs 92% more than crab.
Crab contains 361 times less vitamin A than blue cheese. Blue cheese contains 721IU of vitamin A, while crab contains 2IU.
Crab has less saturated fat.

Food varieties used in this article are Cheese, blue and Crustaceans, crab, blue, canned.

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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.

Blue cheese

Crab

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+480.2%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+65.4%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+56.5%
Contains more IronIron	+61.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+1935%
Contains more ZincZinc	+43.2%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-50.9%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+722.2%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+195.9%

~equal in Potassium ~259mg

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.

Blue cheese

Crab

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+19700%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+26.1%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+310.8%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+73.4%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+700%

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+636%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+170.4%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+173%
Contains more FolateFolate	+41.7%
Contains more CholineCholine	+425.3%

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.156mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	1.22µg	3.33µg	88%
Copper	0.04mg	0.814mg	86%
Saturated fat	18.669g	0.201g	84%
Selenium	14.5µg	42.9µg	52%
Calcium	528mg	91mg	44%
Fats	28.74g	0.74g	43%
Sodium	1146mg	563mg	25%
Phosphorus	387mg	234mg	22%
Vitamin B2	0.382mg	0.093mg	22%
Vitamin A	198µg	1µg	22%
Monounsaturated fat	7.778g	0.129g	19%
Vitamin B5	1.729mg	0.997mg	15%
Calories	353kcal	83kcal	14%
Choline	15.4mg	80.9mg	12%
Vitamin E	0.25mg	1.84mg	11%
Vitamin B3	1.016mg	2.747mg	11%
Zinc	2.66mg	3.81mg	10%
Protein	21.4g	17.88g	7%
Cholesterol	75mg	97mg	7%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.8g	0.258g	4%
Folate	36µg	51µg	4%
Vitamin C	0mg	3.3mg	4%
Vitamin D	0.5µg	0µg	3%
Manganese	0.009mg	0.074mg	3%
Magnesium	23mg	36mg	3%
Vitamin D	21IU	0IU	3%
Iron	0.31mg	0.5mg	2%
Vitamin K	2.4µg	0.3µg	2%
Carbs	2.34g	0g	1%
Vitamin B1	0.029mg	0.023mg	1%
Vitamin B6	0.166mg	0.156mg	1%
Net carbs	2.34g	0g	N/A
Potassium	256mg	259mg	0%
Sugar	0.5g	0g	N/A
Trans fat		0.014g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.312mg	0.226mg	0%
Threonine	0.785mg	0.727mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.124mg	0.776mg	0%
Leucine	1.919mg	1.307mg	0%
Lysine	1.852mg	1.386mg	0%
Methionine	0.584mg	0.452mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.087mg	0.708mg	0%
Valine	1.556mg	0.806mg	0%
Histidine	0.758mg	0.393mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0g	0.101g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0g	0.067g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0g	0.009g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid		0.005g	N/A