Only a third of the weight of the crab is meat of which a thrid is white meat from the body and claws and two thirds is brown meat from the body male crabs have larger claws and a higher percentage of white meatrthe white claw meat is sweet and succulent becoming pateacute like tinged with pink inside the toe of each claw it is low in fat and high in protein it is highly valued due to its delicate sweet flavour strands of sweet white meat are also found in the leg sockets and bodyrcrab