Crab vs. Catfish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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What are the main differences between crab and catfish?

Catfish have less copper, selenium, zinc, vitamin B12, folate, calcium, and vitamin E than crab.
Crab's daily need coverage for copper is 86% higher.
Crab has 10 times more calcium than catfish. Crab has 91mg of calcium, while catfish have 9mg.
Catfish contain less sodium.

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

Crab

Catfish

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%

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

~equal in Phosphorus ~247mg

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

Catfish

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%

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

~equal in Vitamin A ~1µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.024mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.1mg

~equal in Vitamin B3 ~2.548mg

~equal in Choline ~78.7mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

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