Tilapia vs. Lobster — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Significant differences between tilapia and lobster

Tilapia has more vitamin D, vitamin B3, and vitamin B12; however, lobster is richer in copper, selenium, zinc, vitamin B5, and calcium.
Lobster covers your daily copper needs 164% more than tilapia.
Lobster has 150 times less vitamin D than tilapia. Tilapia has 150IU of vitamin D, while lobster has 1IU.
Tilapia contains less cholesterol.

Specific food types used in this comparison are Fish, tilapia, cooked, dry heat and Crustaceans, lobster, northern, cooked, moist 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.

Tilapia

Lobster

Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+65.2%
Contains more IronIron	+137.9%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-88.5%

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+26.5%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+585.7%
Contains more CopperCopper	+1966.7%
Contains more ZincZinc	+887.8%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+75.7%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium	+34.4%

~equal in Phosphorus ~185mg

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.

Tilapia

Lobster

Contains more Vitamin DVitamin D	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+304.3%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+329.4%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+159.3%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+30.1%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+∞%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+26.6%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+151.1%
Contains more FolateFolate	+83.3%
Contains more CholineCholine	+57.7%

~equal in Vitamin C ~0mg

~equal in Vitamin B6 ~0.119mg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Copper	0.075mg	1.55mg	164%
Selenium	54.4µg	73.1µg	34%
Zinc	0.41mg	4.05mg	33%
Cholesterol	57mg	146mg	30%
Vitamin B5	0.664mg	1.667mg	20%
Sodium	56mg	486mg	19%
Vitamin D	150IU	1IU	19%
Vitamin D	3.7µg	0µg	19%
Vitamin B3	4.745mg	1.83mg	18%
Vitamin B12	1.86µg	1.43µg	18%
Protein	26.15g	19g	14%
Calcium	14mg	96mg	8%
Vitamin B1	0.093mg	0.023mg	6%
Iron	0.69mg	0.29mg	5%
Choline	51.3mg	80.9mg	5%
Potassium	380mg	230mg	4%
Vitamin B2	0.073mg	0.017mg	4%
Phosphorus	204mg	185mg	3%
Saturated fat	0.94g	0.208g	3%
Fats	2.65g	0.86g	3%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.6g	0.34g	2%
Monounsaturated fat	0.955g	0.253g	2%
Magnesium	34mg	43mg	2%
Calories	128kcal	89kcal	2%
Vitamin K	0.9µg	0µg	1%
Folate	6µg	11µg	1%
Manganese	0.037mg	0.065mg	1%
Vitamin E	0.79mg	1mg	1%
Vitamin A	0µg	1µg	0%
Vitamin B6	0.123mg	0.119mg	0%
Trans fat		0.013g	N/A
Tryptophan	0.265mg	0.248mg	0%
Threonine	1.156mg	0.753mg	0%
Isoleucine	1.22mg	0.832mg	0%
Leucine	2.04mg	1.376mg	0%
Lysine	2.315mg	1.426mg	0%
Methionine	0.766mg	0.475mg	0%
Phenylalanine	1.05mg	0.782mg	0%
Valine	1.28mg	0.852mg	0%
Histidine	0.585mg	0.475mg	0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.005g	0.117g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.13g	0.078g	N/A
Omega-3 - ALA	0.045g	0.05g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.06g	0.006g	N/A
Omega-3 - Eicosatrienoic acid		0.006g	N/A
Omega-6 - Dihomo-gamma-linoleic acid		0.006g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.015g	0.006g	N/A
Omega-6 - Linoleic acid		0.033g	N/A