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Crab meat vs. Sugar — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between crab meat and sugar

  • Sugar has less vitamin B12, copper, selenium, zinc, phosphorus, magnesium, vitamin B6, and folate.
  • Crab meat's daily need coverage for vitamin B12 is 479% more.
  • Sugar is lower in cholesterol.
  • Sugar has a higher glycemic index than crab meat.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Crustaceans, crab, alaska king, cooked, moist heat and Sugars, granulated.

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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.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 45% 18% 23% 29% 394% 208% 120% 140% 5.2% 218%
Sugar
1
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 0% 0.3% 0.18% 1.9% 2.3% 0.27% 0% 0.13% 0.52% 3.3%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +∞%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +5800%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +13000%
Contains more IronIron +1420%
Contains more CopperCopper +16785.7%
Contains more ZincZinc +76100%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +∞%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +900%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +6566.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium -99.9%

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.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 25% 3% 0% 0% 13% 13% 25% 24% 42% 1438% 0% 38% 0%
Sugar
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 4.4% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +∞%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +189.5%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +∞%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12 +∞%
Contains more FolateFolate +∞%
~equal in Vitamin E ~0mg
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin K ~0µg
~equal in Choline ~0mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Crab meat Sugar DV% diff.
Vitamin B12 11.5µg 0µg 479%
Copper 1.182mg 0.007mg 131%
Selenium 40µg 0.6µg 72%
Zinc 7.62mg 0.01mg 69%
Sodium 1072mg 1mg 47%
Phosphorus 280mg 0mg 40%
Protein 19.35g 0g 39%
Carbs 0g 99.98g 33%
Cholesterol 53mg 0mg 18%
Calories 97kcal 387kcal 15%
Magnesium 63mg 0mg 15%
Vitamin B6 0.18mg 0mg 14%
Folate 51µg 0µg 13%
Iron 0.76mg 0.05mg 9%
Vitamin B3 1.34mg 0mg 8%
Potassium 262mg 2mg 8%
Vitamin C 7.6mg 0mg 8%
Vitamin B5 0.4mg 0mg 8%
Calcium 59mg 1mg 6%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.536g 0g 4%
Vitamin B1 0.053mg 0mg 4%
Vitamin B2 0.055mg 0.019mg 3%
Fats 1.54g 0g 2%
Manganese 0.04mg 0.004mg 2%
Vitamin A 9µg 0µg 1%
Saturated fat 0.133g 0g 1%
Net carbs 0g 99.98g N/A
Sugar 99.8g N/A
Monounsaturated fat 0.185g 0g 0%
Tryptophan 0.269mg 0%
Threonine 0.783mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.938mg 0%
Leucine 1.536mg 0%
Lysine 1.684mg 0%
Methionine 0.545mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.817mg 0%
Valine 0.91mg 0%
Histidine 0.393mg 0%
Omega-3 - EPA 0.295g 0g N/A
Omega-3 - DHA 0.118g 0g N/A
Omega-3 - DPA 0.031g 0g N/A

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
19% 78%
Protein: 19.35 g
Fats: 1.54 g
Carbs: 0 g
Water: 77.55 g
Other: 1.56 g
Sugar
1
100%
Protein: 0 g
Fats: 0 g
Carbs: 99.98 g
Water: 0.02 g
Other: 0 g
Contains more ProteinProtein +∞%
Contains more FatsFats +∞%
Contains more WaterWater +387650%
Contains more OtherOther +∞%
Contains more CarbsCarbs +∞%

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Crab meat - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/174202/nutrients
  2. Sugar - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169655/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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