Shrimp and prawn as food

Raw shrimp (mixed species)
Marinated king prawns
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy297 kJ (71 kcal)
0.91 g
1.01 g
Saturated3.98 g
Monounsaturated0.080 g
13.61 g
Vitamins and minerals
VitaminsQuantity
%DV
Vitamin A180 IU
Vitamin D
0%
2 IU
MineralsQuantity
%DV
Calcium
4%
54 mg
Iron
1%
0.21 mg
Magnesium
5%
22 mg
Phosphorus
20%
244 mg
Potassium
4%
113 mg
Sodium
25%
566 mg
Zinc
9%
0.97 mg
Other constituentsQuantity
Water83.01 g
Cholesterol0.0013 g
Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[1] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[2]

Shrimp and prawn are types of sea animals that are consumed worldwide. Although shrimp and prawns belong to different suborders of Decapoda, they are very similar in appearance and the terms are often used interchangeably in commercial farming and wild fisheries. A distinction is drawn in recent aquaculture literature, which increasingly uses the term "prawn" only for the marine forms of palaemonids and "shrimp" for the marine penaeids.[3]

In the United Kingdom, the word "prawn" is more common on menus than "shrimp"; the opposite is the case in North America. The term "prawn" is also loosely used for any large shrimp, especially those that come 15 (or fewer) to the pound (such as "king prawns", yet sometimes known as "jumbo shrimp"). Australia and some other Commonwealth nations follow this British usage to an even greater extent, using the word "prawn" almost exclusively. When Australian comedian Paul Hogan used the phrase, "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you" in an American television advertisement,[4] it was intended to make what he was saying easier for his American audience to understand, and was thus a deliberate distortion of what an Australian would typically say. In Britain very small crustaceans with a brownish shell are called shrimp, and are used to make potted shrimps. They are also used in dishes where they are not the primary ingredient. The French term crevette is often encountered in restaurants.

Shrimp and other shellfish are among the most common food allergens.[5] The Jewish dietary laws, kashrut forbid the eating of shellfish, including shrimp.[6] Meanwhile, in Islamic dietary law, the Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali and Ja'fari schools allow the eating of shrimp, while the Hanafi school does not.

  1. ^ United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". FDA. Archived from the original on 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  2. ^ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington, DC: National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154. Archived from the original on 2024-05-09. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  3. ^ "Shrimp Aquaculture and the Environment - An Environment Impact Assessment Report, chapter 2; IAA report" (PDF). Indian Aquaculture Authority. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16.
  4. ^ Bill Baker & Peggy Bendel. "Come and Say G'Day!". Travel Marketing Decisions (Summer 2005). Association of Travel Marketing Executives. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2007.
  5. ^ "Common Food Allergens". Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2007.
  6. ^ Yoreh De'ah - Shulchan-Aruch Archived 2012-06-03 at the Wayback Machine Chapter 1, torah.org. Retrieved 17 June 2012.