Crab roe generally refers to female crabs. Crab yolk is the ovaries and digestive glands in the body of female crabs, as well as some tissue fluid components and some undischarged egg cells. The crab paste in the body of male crabs is mainly the gonads and paracrine glands, as well as some fat and digestive glands components, which is not crab yolk although it looks some yellow color.

Crab yolk is male or female

The digestive glands in the crab include the liver, spleen, pancreas, etc. When the male crab is not steamed, the crab paste in the body is a greenish-white translucent gelatinous liquid, and after steaming, it is a translucent gelatinous liquid with some yellow color.

Crab roe is unique to female crabs, and male crabs are called crab paste. If you want to eat crab roe, you need to buy female crabs, and you can identify them through their abdomens when you buy them. Male crabs have an inverted triangular pointy abdomen, and female crabs have a rounded shape.

September of the lunar calendar, the female crab eggs full of crab roe, crab roe is fresh and fragrant, the oil is delicate, this is the best season to eat female crabs, October of the lunar calendar, the male crab gonad development is the best, the crab paste is deliciously rounded, this is the best season to consume male crabs.