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Spider-crab meat

Spider-crab meat is the edible meat removed from spider crabs and commonly served in salads, soups, sauces, and other seafood dishes.

Spider-crab meat — illustrative ingredient image

About Spider-crab meat

Spider-crab meat is the edible tissue picked from the body and legs of a spider crab after the shell is removed. It is used in salads and seafood preparations, or warmed in soups, sauces, fillings, pasta dishes, and other cooked foods.

The flavour is generally delicate and mildly sweet. Picked meat is soft and moist, with finer strands from the legs and potentially more broken or mixed pieces from the body; moisture and strand size vary among products.

It is typically sold fresh, cooked and chilled, frozen, or canned. The product may differ in colour and in the proportions of leg and body meat, and some products may include a small amount of cooking liquor or other retained crab material.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Spider-crab meat

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Spider-crab meat nutrition & diet

Spider-crab meat nutritional value

Reference: Crab meat

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

Calories
53kcal
Protein
11.6g
Carbs
1.2g
Fat
0.3g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Use meat removed from an identified spider-crab species and distinguish raw, steamed, boiled, canned, picked, or dressed forms. Exclude shell fragments and clarify whether roe or mixed tissues are included. Sauces, mayonnaise, butter, breading, and salad ingredients should be assessed separately.

Compare the right form: Match references to identified spider-crab meat in the same raw, cooked, canned, or dressed form, using the edible meat portion only.

Diet considerations

Spider-crab meat is animal-derived seafood. Compatibility changes with mayonnaise, dairy, egg, butter, or other animal additions, and with cereal-based breading, crackers, or sauces. Plain picked meat differs from a prepared salad or soup; portion and recipe determine the dish’s carbohydrate pattern.

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: Taiwan FDA Nutrition Information Database — J2600101 ↗. 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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