Crab vs. Smoked salmon — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are crab and smoked salmon different?

Crab is richer in copper, zinc, selenium, folate, phosphorus, and calcium, while smoked salmon is higher in vitamin D, vitamin B3, and vitamin B6.
Smoked salmon covers your daily need for vitamin D, 114% more than crab.
Crab contains 26 times more folate than smoked salmon. Crab contains 51µg of folate, while smoked salmon contains 2µg.
Smoked salmon is lower in cholesterol.

Crustaceans, crab, blue, canned and Fish, salmon, chinook, smoked 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

Smoked salmon

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+100%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+727.3%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+48%
Contains more CopperCopper	+253.9%
Contains more ZincZinc	+1129%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+42.7%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-16.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+335.3%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+32.4%

Contains more IronIron

+70%

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

Smoked salmon

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+36.3%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+14.6%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+200%
Contains more FolateFolate	+2450%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+2500%
Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+71.8%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+78.2%

~equal in Vitamin B1 ~0.023mg

~equal in Vitamin B2 ~0.101mg

~equal in Vitamin B12 ~3.26µg

~equal in Choline ~89mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Vitamin D	0µg	17.1µg	86%
Vitamin D	0IU	685IU	86%
Copper	0.814mg	0.23mg	65%
Zinc	3.81mg	0.31mg	32%
Cholesterol	97mg	23mg	25%
Selenium	42.9µg	32.4µg	19%
Folate	51µg	2µg	12%
Vitamin B3	2.747mg	4.72mg	12%
Phosphorus	234mg	164mg	10%
Vitamin B6	0.156mg	0.278mg	9%
Calcium	91mg	11mg	8%
Fats	0.74g	4.32g	6%
Monounsaturated fat	0.129g	2.023g	5%
Sodium	563mg	672mg	5%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.258g	0.995g	5%
Magnesium	36mg	18mg	4%
Vitamin C	3.3mg	0mg	4%
Iron	0.5mg	0.85mg	4%
Vitamin B5	0.997mg	0.87mg	3%
Saturated fat	0.201g	0.929g	3%
Vitamin E	1.84mg	1.35mg	3%
Vitamin A	1µg	26µg	3%
Vitamin B12	3.33µg	3.26µg	3%
Calories	83kcal	117kcal	2%
Manganese	0.074mg	0.017mg	2%
Potassium	259mg	175mg	2%
Protein	17.88g	18.28g	1%
Vitamin B2	0.093mg	0.101mg	1%
Choline	80.9mg	89mg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.023mg	0.023mg	0%
Vitamin K	0.3µg	0.1µg	0%
Trans fat	0.014g		N/A
Tryptophan	0.226mg	0.205mg	0%
Threonine	0.727mg	0.801mg	0%
Isoleucine	0.776mg	0.842mg	0%
Leucine	1.307mg	1.486mg	0%
Lysine	1.386mg	1.679mg	0%
Methionine	0.452mg	0.541mg	0%
Phenylalanine	0.708mg	0.714mg	0%
Valine	0.806mg	0.942mg	0%
Histidine	0.393mg	0.538mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.101g	0.183g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.067g	0.267g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.009g	0.073g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.005g		N/A