Why Eating Canadian Snow Crab is Healthy?

Snow Crab, specifically Canadian snow crab, tastes sweet and delightful but is also powerful nutritionally. Quinlan Brothers is squarely focused on delivering only top-quality Canadian snow crab, ensuring the best taste experience and optimal health benefits. This blog post will explain why snow crab should be a larger part of a healthy nutritious diet.

 


A Power-Packed Meal of Canadian Snow Crab

The nutritional advantages of Canadian Snow Crab are not well understood by many consumers. Arming yourself with this information will help you better weigh your food choices and hopefully lead to new dining experiences!  Some important facts:

  • ·  Snow crab is an excellent source of low-fat, high-quality proteins supporting muscle growth and recovery. As single 5 oz serving of Snow crab (the approximate content of a single snow crab cluster) pack a powerful nutritional punch including:

ü  163 calories

ü  a whopping 34 grams of protein1

ü  only 2 grams of fat (omega 3 with zero saturated and trans fats)

ü  40% of your recommended daily sodium intake; and  

·         No sugars, fiber or carbohydrates

·       Thanks to its diet of plankton and algae, snow crab is considered an important source of minerals difficult to find in other foods. These include Iodine, Zinc and Magnesium. Snow Crab it also has a high Copper, Iron, Calcium, Phosphorus and Potassium

·           It is also rich in vitamin C and B vitamins including B3, B5 and B6, all of which help the body convert food into energy (metabolism), create new blood cells, and maintain healthy skin cells, brain cells, and other body tissues. Snow crab also contains selenium, which acts as an antioxidant protecting cell structures against injury while supporting stronger immune systems. 

Economic and Environmental Factors

Harvested on every coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, snow crab has become an important component of our province’s economic engine and a cornerstone of a larger strategy to build a more diversified and sustainable multi-species fishing industry.

Canadian snow crab price are affected by several factors, most notably, seasonal availability, international demand, and harvesting quotas often set annually.  Quinlan Brother's historic presence in this industry and long-term approach to investing in snow crab processing has enabled us to embrace sustainable harvesting methods, acquire state of the art technology for maximizing product quality and ensure a reliable supply of product at competitive prices.

Conclusion

The nutritional value of Canadian snow crab is not well understood by consumers.  It offers a delicious and healthy daily meal option at a reasonable price. Quinlan Brothers offer only premium quality Canadian snow crab, ensuring every meal packs the nutritional punch is should.  Managed sustainably and harvested and processed using state of the art technology and quality control methods, Quinlan Brothers is taking a leadership role in optimizing the value and availability of this resource to the benefit of harvesters, consumers and everyone in between!

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