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Snow Crab

Snow crab is the meat of snow crab, commonly steamed, boiled, served chilled, or added to seafood dishes.

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About Snow Crab

Snow crab is the edible meat of a cold-water crab, commonly sold in legs, clusters, claws where applicable, or as picked meat. The meat is usually white to off-white and delicate, while cooked shells develop an orange-red colour. It is available fresh, frozen, cooked, or processed into packaged portions for home cooking and food service.

Its flavour is mildly sweet, briny, and clean, with a tender texture that separates into delicate fibres. Steaming or brief boiling helps retain moisture, whereas prolonged heating can make the meat dry or stringy. Snow crab is served warm or chilled and used in crab cakes, salads, soups, pasta, dips, and seafood platters.

Retail products may retain the shell, include a mixture of legs and body meat, or contain picked meat ready for use. Whole legs and clusters require cracking and picking, while shelled portions can be added directly to recipes. Seasoning, sauces, and packing liquid alter the finished dish.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Local names for snow crab

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English

snow crab

English

Snow crab, legs only, frozen

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Snow Crab nutrition & diet

Snow Crab nutritional value

Crustaceans, crab, queen, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the stated food form.

Calories
90kcal
Protein
18.5g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
1.2g

Values apply to the food form named above, not every preparation, variety or brand.

Portions & preparation

Specify whether the reference covers picked snow crab meat, meat in the shell, or a prepared serving, and exclude shell weight from the edible portion. Steaming and boiling differ from buttered, breaded, canned, or sauced preparations. Record added dips and mixed-dish ingredients separately.

Compare the right form: Match snow crab species and edible picked meat, distinguishing shell-on presentation, cooked plain meat, canned product, and sauced or buttered servings.

Diet considerations

Snow crab is animal-derived seafood. Plain cooked meat differs from preparations with butter, cream, breading, sauces, or mixed grains. Those additions can introduce dairy, egg, cereal ingredients, or other animal components; carbohydrate patterns generally arise from accompaniments and portion rather than uncoated crab meat.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Typically incompatible
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria.

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: USDA FoodData Central — Crustaceans, crab, queen, raw ↗. 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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