Every 100 kcal of crab cake brings 13 g of protein. On that measure it ranks 88th of the 121 seafood in this database and 189th of all 796 foods on the site. Measured by weight instead, its 20.2 g per 100 g ranks 85th in its group.
Protein accounts for roughly 52% of the calories in crab cake, making it very protein-dense. The rest comes from fat and carbohydrate, so it adds a solid amount of protein while still carrying real energy - useful when you are eating to a calorie target rather than under one.
Weight for weight, crab cake has 2.7 g of protein for each gram of fat (20.2 g against 7.52 g per 100 g).
Set against flounder, another seafood entry in the database, a serving carries about 0.8 g less protein (flounder has 12.9 g per 3 oz cooked).
It is a complete protein - it supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own. The serving quoted here is counted by piece at 60 g, and it covers about 24% of the 50 g FDA Daily Value for protein.
Serving sizes
Protein in common portions of crab cake
Protein and calories in Crab cake for 100 g, the site serving and USDA household portions.
Portion
Weight
Protein
Calories
100 g
100 g
20.2 g
155 kcal
1 cake (serving used here)
60 g
12.1 g
93 kcal
The USDA record lists no other household measure for this food; protein and calories scale from the per-100 g figures.
Amino acids
Essential amino acids in crab cake
The nine essential amino acids in Crab cake, per 100 g, per serving and per gram of protein.
Amino acid
Per 100 g
Per serving
mg per g protein
leucine
1.62 g
0.97 g
80
lysine
1.73 g
1.04 g
86
valine
0.98 g
0.59 g
49
isoleucine
0.996 g
0.6 g
49
threonine
0.828 g
0.5 g
41
phenylalanine
0.87 g
0.52 g
43
methionine
0.569 g
0.34 g
28
histidine
0.414 g
0.25 g
20
tryptophan
0.281 g
0.17 g
14
Per-100 g values are the amino acid analysis on the USDA record. The serving and per-gram-of-protein columns are arithmetic on those values; they are not a protein quality score.
SampleWhat goal trends look like after a week
109 g
Average per logged day
4 of 7
Days goal met
71%
Complete-protein share
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Sample figures for one made-up week against a 110 g goal, not your data. Red bars met the goal. Your own log fills this in with Premium.
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20.2 g. The 1 cake serving used on this page weighs 60 g and so carries 12.1 g.
How much protein do you get per 100 calories of crab cake?
13 g. That figure divides its 20.2 g of protein per 100 g by its 155 kcal per 100 g, so it does not depend on serving size.
Is the protein in crab cake complete?
Yes. The protein in crab cake supplies all nine essential amino acids in adequate amounts, so it can carry a meal's protein on its own.
What share of the protein Daily Value is one serving of crab cake?
About 24%. One 1 cake serving has 12.1 g, and the FDA Daily Value for protein is 50 g.
Figures from USDA FoodData Central record #171967 (Crustaceans, crab, blue, crab cakes, home recipe), SR Legacy data. USDA data is in the public domain. Values are the published reference figures for that record, not lab measurements for a specific brand or batch.