Journal of Food Science · 1974 · 24 citations · 10 references
AgricultureFood ScienceNutritional SciencesFood AnalysisFood ChemistryMeat ScienceAmino Acid CompositionFood CompositionMeat CompositionNutritional QualityProteins In FoodsProximate Composition AnalysisAmino Acids In FoodsFood Amino Acid CompositionFood Protein CompositionMeat Protein NutritionPolyunsaturated Fatty Acid ContentPotassium ContentTotal Amino Acid Content
The proximate analysis and fatty acid content of the lipids were determined on four separate types of cooked snow crabmeat plus composite samples of the cooked meat and a commercially canned product. The amino acid, sodium and potassium content were determined on a commercially canned product. These results show that snow crabs contain a considerable amount of meat (33.7%) which is high in protein (18.8%) and nutrition. The fatty acid content is over 50% polyunsaturated. Fatty acid 20:5 was the predominant acid (26.0–30.0%) followed by 18:1 (17.0–19.3%), 22:6 (15.0–16.6%) and 16:0 (12.5–13.5%). Amino acid content is similar to dungeness and Chesapeake Bay blue crab meat.
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