10 Foods High in Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 Rich Food #4: Crabs and Other Crustaceans
Crustaceans like crabs, shrimps, lobsters, krill, and crayfish are aquatic animals which are used as food. They are excellent sources of vitamin B12 beside other nutrients. One leg of an Alaskan king crab, weighing about 134 grams, contains 15.4 micrograms of cobalamin. This is a lot more than the recommended daily allowance of 2.4 micrograms. 4 ounces of shrimp provides 1.88 micrograms of vitamin B12. Other crustaceans have similar amounts of vitamin B12. Note that if you eat crabs regularly, they contain very high amounts of sodium.
In addition to cobalamin, crustaceans contain other vitamins including A and C, cholesterol and fat. They are also good sources of protein and minerals like iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, zinc and magnesium.
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