The protein content of crab meat is as high as 18.9%, and 8% of protein of hairy crabs are in crab meat. Protein of crab meat contains various amino acids such as glutamic acid, aspartic acid, arginine, lysine and leucine. The fat content of crab meat is only .9%, while the essential fatty acids of human body are 7.44% in n-3 fatty acids and 16.43% in n-6 fatty acids. Crab meat also contains minerals, such as zinc, iron, copper and phosphorus.

2 nutritional components of crab roe

Crab roe is the female ovary, and the orange-red hard one is crab roe, and the yellow one is hepatopancreas. Crab yolk is rich in collagen, calcium, phosphorus and other trace elements, and many essential fatty acids beneficial to health, such as linoleic acid, linolenic acid and arachidonic acid. In addition, crab yolk also contains a lot of cholesterol.

3 Nutritional components of crab paste

Crab paste is mainly the male accessory gonad, and most of the crab roe and crab paste we usually eat are the gonads and some internal organs of hairy crabs. The protein content in the viscera of male hairy crabs is 12.5%, and the fat content is 2.2%. More than 9% of the fat of hairy crabs is stored in the viscera. This is also the main reason for the unique flavor and taste of crab paste.

4 nutritional value of hairy crabs

from the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, crabs are cold and salty, and belong to the liver and stomach meridians, which have the effects of relaxing muscles and tendons, benefiting qi, regulating stomach, promoting digestion, dredging meridians, dispelling heat and removing blood stasis. From the nutritional composition of crab, it is rich in many nutrients beneficial to the body, which can help the body's growth and normal metabolism.