Crab meat vs. Taco salad — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between crab meat and taco salad

Crab meat has more vitamin B12, copper, selenium, zinc, phosphorus, and magnesium; however, taco salad is richer in vitamin B2.
Crab meat covers your daily vitamin B12 needs 466% more than taco salad.
Taco salad has 18 times less selenium than crab meat. Crab meat has 40µg of selenium, while taco salad has 2.2µg.
Taco salad contains less sodium.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Crustaceans, crab, alaska king, cooked, moist heat and Fast foods, taco salad.

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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.

Crab meat

Taco salad

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+142.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+24.8%
Contains more CopperCopper	+946%
Contains more ZincZinc	+460.3%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+288.9%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+1718.2%

Contains more CalciumCalcium	+64.4%
Contains more IronIron	+51.3%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-64.1%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+317.5%

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.

Crab meat

Taco salad

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+322.2%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+63.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+3493.8%
Contains more FolateFolate	+21.4%

Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+227.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+70%

~equal in Vitamin E ~mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.05mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~1.24mg

~equal in Vitamin K ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	11.5µg	0.32µg	466%
Copper	1.182mg	0.113mg	119%
Selenium	40µg	2.2µg	69%
Zinc	7.62mg	1.36mg	57%
Sodium	1072mg	385mg	30%
Phosphorus	280mg	72mg	30%
Protein	19.35g	6.68g	25%
Saturated fat	0.133g	3.446g	15%
Cholesterol	53mg	22mg	10%
Vitamin B2	0.055mg	0.18mg	10%
Magnesium	63mg	26mg	9%
Fats	1.54g	7.46g	9%
Vitamin B5	0.4mg	0.68mg	6%
Vitamin C	7.6mg	1.8mg	6%
Monounsaturated fat	0.185g	2.606g	6%
Manganese	0.04mg	0.167mg	6%
Vitamin B6	0.18mg	0.11mg	5%
Iron	0.76mg	1.15mg	5%
Calcium	59mg	97mg	4%
Choline		23.3mg	4%
Carbs	0g	11.91g	4%
Calories	97kcal	141kcal	2%
Potassium	262mg	210mg	2%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.536g	0.883g	2%
Folate	51µg	42µg	2%
Vitamin B3	1.34mg	1.24mg	1%
Vitamin A	9µg		1%
Net carbs	0g	11.91g	N/A
Vitamin B1	0.053mg	0.05mg	0%
Tryptophan	0.269mg	0.075mg	0%
Threonine	0.783mg	0.254mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.938mg	0.311mg	0%
Leucine	1.536mg	0.549mg	0%
Lysine	1.684mg	0.486mg	0%
Methionine	0.545mg	0.145mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.817mg	0.277mg	0%
Valine	0.91mg	0.343mg	0%
Histidine	0.393mg	0.201mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.295g		N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.118g		N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.031g		N/A