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Blue Swimmer Crab

Sweet-fleshed swimming crab common in Indo-Pacific cooking.

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About Blue Swimmer Crab

Blue swimmer crab is a swimming crab used as a seafood ingredient, especially in coastal Indo-Pacific cuisines. The edible meat is taken from the body and legs, while whole crabs may be cooked and served with the shell intact. It is used in salads, soups, stir-fries, curries, and other crab dishes.

The flesh is generally delicate, sweet, and mildly savoury, with a moist texture when freshly cooked. Size, freshness, season, and cooking method influence the amount and firmness of the meat. Steaming and boiling preserve its clean flavour, while grilling or stir-frying can add toasted notes and a firmer surface.

It may be sold live, whole and chilled, cooked, frozen, or broken into cleaned sections and picked meat. The shell is blue-green to blue-grey when raw and commonly turns orange-red when cooked. Cleaning removes the gills and other unwanted parts, leaving body meat and leg meat for serving or further preparation.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Blue Swimmer Crab nutrition & diet

Blue Swimmer Crab nutritional value

Reference: Blue swimming crab, flesh, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the named reference form.

Calories
87.499kcal
Protein
19.9g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
0.9g

Per 100 g edible portion. FAO/INFOODS uFiSh 1.0 (2016). Energy is the source-calculated energy; carbohydrate is available carbohydrate. Original 2016 reference values, not a current product label or a universal recipe.

Portions & preparation

Confirm the species as blue swimmer crab and match cooked or raw edible flesh, not shell, roe, broth, or a mixed seafood product. Yield depends on whole-crab preparation and shell removal. Fried coatings, sauces, marinades, and processed crab products should be assessed as separate preparations.

Compare the right form: Reference must match blue swimmer crab species and the edible meat form, with raw or cooked state and shell removal identified.

Diet considerations

Blue swimmer crab is animal-derived seafood. Plain crab meat is compatible with pescatarian patterns but not plant-only diets; butter, dairy, egg, cereal coatings, sauces, and mixed seafood alter compatibility. The carbohydrate pattern is portion-dependent and generally reflects the preparation when batter, glaze, or other additions are included.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
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  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: FAO/INFOODS uFiSh 1.0 (2016) — 092014 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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