Crayfish vs Shrimp: The Healthier Choice

Less Calories in Crayfish

At first glance, you can see that in crayfish is just a little less calories than in shrimp.

Crayfish has 81 kcal per 100g and shrimp 85 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 5%.

In crayfish and in shrimp most calories came from protein.

See tables below to compare crayfish with shrimp in details.

Crayfish And Shrimp Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  shrimp - 5% more than crayfish
• Fat:
  crayfish - 133% more than shrimp
• Protein:
  shrimp - 21% more than crayfish
• Water:
  crayfish - 1% more than shrimp

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Less protein in crayfish

It is aslo easy to see see that in crayfish is less protein than in shrimp.

There is 20.1g per 100g of shrimp and 16.66g per 100g of crayfish so using simple math we can see that difference is about 21%.

More fat in crayfish

In crayfish is more fats than in shrimp.

The tables above show us that there is 0.51g/100g of fats in shrimp and 1.19g/100g in crayfish. In this case difference is about 133%.