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Crab meat

BrachyuraAlso called crab flesh, crabmeat, brachyura and true crabs

Crab meat comes from the muscle and organs of a crustacean. It can be firm, flaky, or soft.

  • Shellfish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: crustaceans

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Part used
Muscle, organ
Texture
Firm, flaky, soft
Cooked most in
The Americas, Asia
Top country
United States
Crab meat, cut

Photo: BrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Flavour

Taste and texture

Texture

  • Firm
  • Flaky
  • Soft

Around the world

Where crab meat is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use crab meat. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list crab meat among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with crab meat

4 of the 5 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • California roll

    United States

  • Pu phat phong kari

    Thailand

  • Crab cake

    United States

  • Crab Louie

    United States

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include crab meat.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: crab meat in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
Contains: crustaceansChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: shellfishChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
meat

Around the world

What crab meat is called

Names in 20 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    carne de cangrejo · pulpa de cangrejo · carne de jaiba

  • French

    chair de crabe · crabe (chair) · viande de crabe · miettes de crabe

  • Portuguese

    carne de caranguejo · polpa de caranguejo · carne de siri · polpa de siri

  • German

    Krebsfleisch

  • Russian

    крабовое мясо

  • Arabic

    لحم السرطان

  • Persian

    گوشت خرچنگ

  • Tamil

    நண்டு இறைச்சி

  • Chinese

    蟹肉

  • Japanese

    カニ肉 · カニ身 · 蟹肉 · 蟹身

  • Korean

    게살

  • Vietnamese

    Thịt cua

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  • Brazilian Portuguese

    carne de caranguejo · polpa de caranguejo · carne de siri · polpa de siri

  • Cantonese

    蟹肉

  • Catalan

    carn de cranc

  • Czech

    Krabí maso

  • Esperanto

    krabaĵo

  • Indonesian

    Daging kepiting

  • Javanese

    Daging yuyu

  • Slovenian

    račje meso

  • Venetian

    polpa de gransio

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q5180246

Photos

Photo: BrokenSphere · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons