Crab vs. Cream cheese — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are crab and cream cheese different?

Crab is richer in vitamin B12, copper, selenium, zinc, phosphorus, and vitamin B3, while cream cheese is higher in vitamin A and vitamin B2.
Crab covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 130% more than cream cheese.
Crab contains 45 times more copper than cream cheese. Crab contains 0.814mg of copper, while cream cheese contains 0.018mg.
Cream cheese is lower in sodium.

Crustaceans, crab, blue, canned and Cheese, cream types were used in this article.

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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

Cream cheese

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+300%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+96.2%
Contains more IronIron	+354.5%
Contains more CopperCopper	+4422.2%
Contains more ZincZinc	+662%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+118.7%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+572.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+398.8%

Contains less SodiumSodium

-44.2%

~equal in Calcium ~97mg

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

Cream cheese

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+114%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+2918.7%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+92.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+178.6%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+1413.6%
Contains more FolateFolate	+466.7%
Contains more CholineCholine	+197.4%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+30700%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+147.3%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+600%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.023mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	3.33µg	0.22µg	130%
Saturated fat	0.201g	20.213g	91%
Copper	0.814mg	0.018mg	88%
Selenium	42.9µg	8.6µg	62%
Fats	0.74g	34.44g	52%
Vitamin A	1µg	308µg	34%
Zinc	3.81mg	0.5mg	30%
Protein	17.88g	6.15g	23%
Monounsaturated fat	0.129g	8.907g	22%
Phosphorus	234mg	107mg	18%
Vitamin B3	2.747mg	0.091mg	17%
Calories	83kcal	350kcal	13%
Vitamin B2	0.093mg	0.23mg	11%
Folate	51µg	9µg	11%
Sodium	563mg	314mg	11%
Vitamin B5	0.997mg	0.517mg	10%
Choline	80.9mg	27.2mg	10%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.258g	1.483g	8%
Vitamin B6	0.156mg	0.056mg	8%
Vitamin E	1.84mg	0.86mg	7%
Magnesium	36mg	9mg	6%
Iron	0.5mg	0.11mg	5%
Vitamin C	3.3mg	0mg	4%
Potassium	259mg	132mg	4%
Manganese	0.074mg	0.011mg	3%
Carbs	0g	5.52g	2%
Vitamin K	0.3µg	2.1µg	2%
Cholesterol	97mg	101mg	1%
Calcium	91mg	97mg	1%
Net carbs	0g	5.52g	N/A
Sugar	0g	3.76g	N/A
Starch	0g	0.35g	0%
Vitamin B1	0.023mg	0.023mg	0%
Trans fat	0.014g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.226mg	0.069mg	0%
Threonine	0.727mg	0.233mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.776mg	0.324mg	0%
Leucine	1.307mg	0.657mg	0%
Lysine	1.386mg	0.567mg	0%
Methionine	0.452mg	0.191mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.708mg	0.291mg	0%
Valine	0.806mg	0.395mg	0%
Histidine	0.393mg	0.175mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.101g	0.01g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.067g	0g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA		0.125g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.009g	0.02g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 - Gamma-linoleic acid		0.002g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.036g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.005g	0.007g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.807g	N/A