Crab vs. Jellyfish — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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How are crab and jellyfish different?

Crab is richer in vitamin B12, copper, zinc, phosphorus, vitamin B3, folate, and vitamin E, while jellyfish is higher in iron.
Jellyfish covers your daily need for sodium, 397% more than crab.
Crab contains 167 times more vitamin B12 than jellyfish. Crab contains 3.33µg of vitamin B12, while jellyfish contains 0.02µg.
Jellyfish is lower in cholesterol.

Crustaceans, crab, blue, canned and Jellyfish, dried, salted 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

Jellyfish

Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium	+1700%
Contains more CalciumCalcium	+4450%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium	+8533.3%
Contains more CopperCopper	+481.4%
Contains more ZincZinc	+807.1%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus	+1070%
Contains less SodiumSodium	-94.2%
Contains more ManganeseManganese	+∞%

Contains more IronIron

+354%

~equal in Selenium ~42.2µg

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

Jellyfish

Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin EVitamin E	+9100%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1	+130%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2	+830%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3	+1273.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5	+∞%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6	+1460%
Contains more Vitamin B12Vitamin B12	+16550%
Contains more Vitamin KVitamin K	+200%
Contains more FolateFolate	+5000%

Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A

+100%

~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient			DV% diff.
Sodium	563mg	9690mg	397%
Vitamin B12	3.33µg	0.02µg	138%
Copper	0.814mg	0.14mg	75%
Cholesterol	97mg	5mg	31%
Zinc	3.81mg	0.42mg	31%
Phosphorus	234mg	20mg	31%
Protein	17.88g	5.5g	25%
Iron	0.5mg	2.27mg	22%
Vitamin B5	0.997mg		20%
Vitamin B3	2.747mg	0.2mg	16%
Folate	51µg	1µg	13%
Vitamin E	1.84mg	0.02mg	12%
Vitamin B6	0.156mg	0.01mg	11%
Calcium	91mg	2mg	9%
Magnesium	36mg	2mg	8%
Potassium	259mg	3mg	8%
Vitamin B2	0.093mg	0.01mg	6%
Vitamin C	3.3mg	0mg	4%
Manganese	0.074mg		3%
Choline	80.9mg	95mg	3%
Calories	83kcal	36kcal	2%
Fats	0.74g	1.4g	1%
Selenium	42.9µg	42.2µg	1%
Vitamin B1	0.023mg	0.01mg	1%
Polyunsaturated fat	0.258g	0.475g	1%
Protein per 100 calories	22g	15g	N/A
Calories per 10 g protein	46kcal	65kcal	N/A
Weight per 100 calories	120g	278g	N/A
Vitamin A	1µg	2µg	0%
Vitamin K	0.3µg	0.1µg	0%
Trans fat	0.014g		N/A
Saturated fat	0.201g	0.273g	0%
Monounsaturated fat	0.129g	0.202g	0%
Tryptophan	0.226mg		0%
Threonine	0.727mg		0%
Isoleucine	0.776mg		0%
Leucine	1.307mg		0%
Lysine	1.386mg		0%
Methionine	0.452mg		0%
Phenylalanine	0.708mg		0%
Valine	0.806mg		0%
Histidine	0.393mg		0%
Omega-3 - EPA	0.101g	0.007g	N/A
Omega-3 - DHA	0.067g	0.25g	N/A
Omega-3 - DPA	0.009g	0.021g	N/A
Omega-6 - Eicosadienoic acid	0.005g		N/A