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Shrimp

CarideaAlso called prawn, caridea, prawn as food and prawn flesh

Shrimp is a crustacean and a kind of shellfish. Cooks use its muscle, and shrimp is sold dried, frozen, or whole.

  • Shellfish
  • Gluten-free
  • Allergen: crustaceans

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

Part used
Muscle
Cooked most in
Asia, The Americas, Africa
Top country
Indonesia
Shrimp, whole

Photo: Gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Shopping

Choosing and storing shrimp

Sold as
Dried, Frozen, Whole

Nutrition

What 100 g of shrimp holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 92%Fat 5%Carbohydrate 3%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of shrimp, raw
Energy71 kcal · 356 kJ
Protein16 g
Fat0.8 g
of which saturated0.1 g
Carbohydrate0.48 g
Sodium475 mg
Cholesterol136 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of shrimp, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium146 mg
Calcium65 mg
Iron0.52 mg
Magnesium23 mg
Zinc0.94 mg
Vitamin B121 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 175179, 2684443), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where shrimp is cooked

33 dishes in the catalogue use shrimp. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

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

Origins

  1. 1735 · United States

    Cajun fishermen in Louisiana began catching and sun-drying white shrimp.

  2. The 1900s

    Freezing largely replaced canning as a method of processing shrimp.

  3. The 1970s · China

    Shrimp farming began on a significant scale, especially in China.

  4. 2007

    Farmed shrimp production surpassed wild shrimp catches.

On the table

Dishes made with shrimp

32 of the 33 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Caluk noodles

    Indonesia

  • Fideuà

    Spain

  • Zibdieh

  • Jambalaya

  • Shrimp Creole

    United States

  • Gỏi cuốn

    Vietnam

  • Rivers state native soup

    Nigeria

  • Romazava

    Madagascar

  • Efó

    Brazil

  • Meulemeester eggs

    Belgium

  • Pineapple shrimp balls

    Taiwan

  • Kuwah Pliëk U

    Indonesia

  • Shrimp étouffée

    United States

  • Kanji rumbi

    Indonesia

  • Nasi langgi

    Indonesia

  • Sapo tahu

    Indonesia

  • Jalangkote

    Indonesia

  • Mie celor

    Indonesia

  • Sambal asam udueng

    Indonesia

  • Jruek Drien

    Indonesia

  • Lumpia Semarang

    Indonesia

  • Sambal ganja

    Indonesia

  • Sambal shrimp

    Indonesia

  • Petis

    Indonesia

  • Samtis chili sauce

    Indonesia

  • Tekwan

    Indonesia

  • Kuluban

    Indonesia

  • Binte biluhuta

    Indonesia

  • Rempah Jepara

    Indonesia

  • Miyabiya

  • Tomate crevette

  • Honey walnut shrimp

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

Good to know

Diet and allergens: shrimp 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
shellfish
Made from it
dried shrimp (dried)

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What shrimp is called

Names in 66 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    gamba

  • French

    crevette · chevrette

  • Italian

    gamberetto

  • Portuguese

    camarão

  • German

    Garnele · Shrimp · Schrimps · Crevette

  • Dutch

    garnaal · garnalen

  • Greek

    γαρίδα

  • Turkish

    karides

  • Russian

    креветки · креветка

  • Arabic

    جمبري

  • Persian

    میگو

  • Hebrew

    חסילון · שרימפ

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  • Achinese

    udeuëng

  • Akan

    monko

  • ami

    kafos

  • Bangla

    চিংড়ি

  • Basque

    Izkira

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    camarão

  • Breton

    chevrenn

  • Cajun French

    chevrette

  • Cantonese

    蝦

  • Catalan

    gamba · gambes

  • Central Kurdish

    مەیگوو

  • Cherokee

    ᎽᏈ

  • Cheyenne

    hetótóhne

  • Chinese

    虾 · 蝦 · 虾头 · 海虾

  • Czech

    krevety

  • Danish

    reje

  • Esperanto

    salikoko

  • Faroese

    rækja

  • Finnish

    katkaravut

  • Fon

    degɔn

  • Galician

    gamba

  • Hungarian

    garnéla

  • Indonesian

    udang

  • Interlingue

    crevette

  • Inupiaq

    Iḷagigak

  • Irish

    séacla

  • Japanese

    エビ · 海老 · 蝦 · 蛯

  • Javanese

    urang · urang (kéwan) · udang minangka

  • Korean

    새우

  • Latin

    Squilla

  • Literary Chinese

    蝦

  • Macedonian

    ракчиња · ракче

  • Malagasy

    makamba

  • Manchu

    ᠰᠠᠮᡦᠠ

  • mcn

    dìwéŋŋá

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    reker

  • nrm

    chèrvette

  • Occitan

    cambaròta

  • Romanian

    crevete

  • Santali

    ᱤᱪᱟᱹᱜ

  • Serbian

    шкампи

  • Shan

    ငႅဝ်း

  • Sicilian

    gàmmaru

  • Simplified Chinese

    虾

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    虾

  • Slovenian

    kozica

  • Somali

    kalluuna golof macaduwan

  • Swahili

    uduvi

  • Swedish

    räkor

  • Swiss High German

    Garnele

  • szy

    kabus

  • Tamil

    சென்னாக்கூனி

  • Thai

    กุ้งฝอย

  • Traditional Chinese

    蝦

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    蝦

  • Vietnamese

    tôm

  • Walloon

    gurnåte

  • Welsh

    berdysen · perdysen · berdysyn · berdasen

  • Yoruba

    edé · idé

  • Zhuang

    gungq

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q1517781

Photos

Photo: Gillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons