Nutritional facts

In a serving of 3 – 4 ounces of crayfish, you can expect the following amounts of nutrients:

 Total fat 1 g.

Saturated fat 0 g.

Cholesterol 126 mg.(compare one egg 200 mg.)

Sodium 170 mg.

Total Carbohydrate 0 g.

Dietary fiber 0 g.

Sugars 0 g.

Protein 16 g.

Calories 80 (compare to beef 242 calories)

 In addition, there is a healthy supply of vitamin D and A as well as calcium and potassium, copper and zinc in crayfish. Iodine is also often mentioned as an important ingredient. As you can also see, crayfish is a very low carbohydrate food, and without ‘carbs’ you can safely eat crayfish without putting on unwanted weight.

 Another favorable aspect of crayfish nutrition is that there is hardly ever any toxic residues or artificial hormones injected into the meat as crayfish usually come from lakes that are free from industrial or other pollution. In addition, crayfish are very sensitive to polluted waters and have in the past been used to test the purity of lakes before we invented other methods to determine water purity.