Crab cake is a type of an American dish which contains crab meat along with some other ingredients such as milk, eggs, mayonnaise, bread crumbs and some seasonings. Crab cake can be made at home and is also available at many restaurants and eating places as well. Crab cakes can be made in different ways and each different variant of crab cake may have different amount of calories and nutritional value. You can read the following part of the article to know more about the calories in a crab cake.
Market Day is a very famous company which makes delicious crab cakes. 1 crab cake weighs 56.6 grams and contains 100 calories in total. Out of these 100 calories, 6% of the calories come from total fat, 5% of the calories come from saturated fat, 15% come from cholesterol content, 15% come from sodium and 2% come from total carbohydrates. The nutrition grade given to this particular variety of crab cakes is D+. There is a lot of sodium and cholesterol in these crab cakes and these are the bad points associated with them.
Wegmans is another company which makes crab cakes and they also serve this dish in the form of a sandwich. 1 serving of this crab cake sandwich contains about 254 grams and has got lose to 660 calories. Out of these calories, 69% come from total fat, 35% come from saturated fat, 18% come from cholesterol content, 45% come from sodium, 17% come from total carbohydrates and 8% come from dietary fiber content. As far as the nutritional value is concerned, this crab cake sandwich gets C- grade. Some good points associated with it are that It contains very little amount of sodium and has generous amounts of vitamin C, vitamin A and iron. There is a little bit of calcium too present in this dish.
