Lobster vs Shrimp: Make Healthy Choices

Less Calories in Lobster

At first glance, you can see that in lobster is less calories than in shrimp.

Lobster has 77 kcal per 100g and shrimp 85 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 10%.

In lobster and in shrimp most calories came from protein.

See tables below to compare lobster with shrimp in details.

Lobster And Shrimp Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  shrimp - 10% more than lobster
• Fat:
  lobster - 47% more than shrimp
• Protein:
  shrimp - 22% more than lobster
• Water:
  lobster - 3% more than shrimp

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Less protein in lobster

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

There is 20.1g per 100g of shrimp and 16.52g per 100g of lobster so using simple math we can see that difference is about 22%.

More fat in lobster

In lobster is more fats than in shrimp.

The tables above show us that there is 0.51g/100g of fats in shrimp and 0.75g/100g in lobster. In this case difference is about 47%.