Legs only Snow crab Calories and Nutrition Facts

Snow crab, legs only, frozen nutrition facts

The table below shows the complete nutritional profile for snow crab, legs only, frozen per 100 g (the laboratory analytical standard), alongside the share of the FDA Daily Value each nutrient covers. Most of its calories come from protein, and it is high in protein (15.5 g per 100 g).

*Percent Daily Value per 100 g, against the FDA reference intakes for adults and children 4+ years (50 g protein, 275 g carbohydrate, 28 g fibre, 78 g fat, 20 g saturated fat, 2300 mg sodium). Total sugars has no Daily Value — the 50 g reference applies to added sugars only, and USDA reports total sugars here.

Legs only Snow crab calories by weight: ounces, pounds and grams

USDA publishes this food per 100 g, so here is the same profile converted to the weights a kitchen scale and a US recipe actually use. At 0.69 kcal per gram (low energy density), low energy density — generous portions stay modest in calories.

How legs only snow crab compares to other fish & seafood

Against the 23 fish & seafood in this database, legs only snow crab ranks 7th lowest in calories and 17th highest in protein. The category averages 100 kcal per 100 g, so this one is 31% below it. The lightest option in the category is squid (calamari), frozen, tubes only at 44 kcal per 100 g, and the protein leader is anchovies, canned in olive oil, with salt, drained at 26.9 g per 100 g.

Portion planning with legs only snow crab

• 100 calories comes to about 145 g (5.1 oz).
• 20 g of protein takes about 129 g, bringing 89 kcal with it — that is 22.5 g of protein per 100 calories.
• Macro split by calories: 6% carbs, 90% protein, 4% fat.

Nutrient screening detail

The badges near the top of this page come from screening the per-100 g values against the FDA nutrient-content thresholds in 21 CFR 101.54–101.62. The regulations define those claims per reference serving rather than per 100 g, so treat these as a like-for-like comparison between foods, not as a statement about a product label:

• High protein — 15.5 g per 100 g (≥ 20% DV)
• Low fat — 0.3 g per 100 g (≤ 3 g)
• Low saturated fat — 0 g per 100 g (≤ 1 g)
• Sugar free — 0 g total sugars per 100 g (< 0.5 g)
• Keto-friendly — 1.1 g net carbs per 100 g (≤ 5 g)

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