Crab vs. Orange roughy — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Summary of differences between crab and orange roughy

Crab has more vitamin B12, copper, zinc, phosphorus, vitamin B5, folate, and calcium, while orange roughy has more selenium and iron.
Crab covers your daily need for vitamin B12, 119% more than orange roughy.
Crab contains 18 times more vitamin B5 than orange roughy. While crab contains 0.997mg of vitamin B5, orange roughy contains only 0.056mg.
The amount of sodium in orange roughy is lower.

These are the specific foods used in this comparison Crustaceans, crab, blue, canned and Fish, roughy, orange, cooked, dry heat.

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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

Orange roughy

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+100%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+727.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+43.1%
Contains more CopperCopper	+985.3%
Contains more ZincZinc	+1090.6%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+129.4%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+100%

Contains more IronIron	+126%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-87.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+105.8%

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

Orange roughy

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+47.6%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+50.9%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+1680.4%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+132.8%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+608.5%
Contains more FolateFolate	+920%
Contains more CholineCholine	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+2300%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+95.7%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+266.7%

~equal in Vitamin E ~1.87mg

~equal in Vitamin D ~µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin B12	3.33µg	0.47µg	119%
Selenium	42.9µg	88.3µg	83%
Copper	0.814mg	0.075mg	82%
Zinc	3.81mg	0.32mg	32%
Sodium	563mg	69mg	21%
Vitamin B5	0.997mg	0.056mg	19%
Phosphorus	234mg	102mg	19%
Choline	80.9mg		15%
Folate	51µg	5µg	12%
Protein	17.88g	22.64g	10%
Iron	0.5mg	1.13mg	8%
Calcium	91mg	11mg	8%
Vitamin B6	0.156mg	0.067mg	7%
Cholesterol	97mg	80mg	6%
Vitamin B3	2.747mg	1.82mg	6%
Magnesium	36mg	18mg	4%
Vitamin C	3.3mg	0mg	4%
Vitamin A	1µg	24µg	3%
Potassium	259mg	181mg	2%
Manganese	0.074mg	0.037mg	2%
Vitamin B1	0.023mg	0.045mg	2%
Vitamin B2	0.093mg	0.063mg	2%
Saturated fat	0.201g	0.034g	1%
Monounsaturated fat	0.129g	0.439g	1%
Calories	83kcal	105kcal	1%
Vitamin K	0.3µg	1.1µg	1%
Fats	0.74g	0.9g	0%
Vitamin E	1.84mg	1.87mg	0%
Trans fat	0.014g		N/A
Polyunsaturated fat	0.258g	0.184g	0%
Tryptophan	0.226mg	0.23mg	0%
Threonine	0.727mg	1.03mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.776mg	1.058mg	0%
Leucine	1.307mg	1.797mg	0%
Lysine	1.386mg	2.092mg	0%
Methionine	0.452mg	0.728mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.708mg	0.869mg	0%
Valine	0.806mg	1.083mg	0%
Histidine	0.393mg	0.474mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.101g	0.006g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.067g	0.025g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.009g	0.001g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.005g	0.069g	N/A