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Brown shrimp

Brown shrimp are small shrimp used fresh or cooked in seafood dishes, soups, sauces, and salads.

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About Brown shrimp

Brown shrimp are small edible shrimp used in seafood dishes, soups, sauces, salads, sandwiches, and fillings. They may provide the main seafood element or a concentrated savoury note in a larger preparation. The common name is used for regional products that can differ in species and size.

They usually have a delicate, slightly sweet seafood flavour and tender flesh. Freshness, cooking time, freezing, and preservation influence their firmness and moisture. Smaller shrimp are often used whole or stirred into sauces, while larger examples may be peeled and served more prominently.

Raw shrimp are commonly brownish or grey-brown, with colour changing after cooking. They are sold whole or peeled, fresh, chilled, frozen, or preserved. Shelling, deveining, cooking, and chopping alter their appearance and texture, from translucent and pliable raw flesh to opaque, firmer cooked meat.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

brown shrimp

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Brown shrimp nutrition & diet

Brown shrimp nutritional value

Reference: Common shrimp, flesh, raw

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the named reference form.

Calories
93.745kcal
Protein
18.5g
Carbs
1.3g
Fat
1.6g

Per 100 g edible portion. FAO/INFOODS uFiSh 1.0 (2016). Energy is the source-calculated energy; carbohydrate is available carbohydrate. Original 2016 reference values, not a current product label or a universal recipe.

Portions & preparation

Brown shrimp should be identified by species or local market name, then recorded as edible peeled meat or whole shell-on shrimp. Distinguish raw, boiled, steamed, canned, or preserved forms, and separate added butter, sauces, batter, breadcrumbs, and mixed-dish ingredients.

Compare the right form: Match references to the established brown shrimp identity and edible portion, specifying raw or cooked, peeled or shell-on, fresh or preserved form.

Diet considerations

Brown shrimp are animal-derived seafood. Compatibility changes with butter, cream, mayonnaise, fish stock, batter, breadcrumbs, noodles, or other recipe ingredients. Plain shrimp meat has a different carbohydrate pattern from coated or sauced preparations; shell removal, cooking method, and portion size should match the catalogue entry.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically compatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Typically incompatible
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically compatible
Seafood fits this pescatarian definition. Added meat-based stock or other ingredients would need checking separately.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies shellfish, which does not meet the kosher fish criteria.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: FAO/INFOODS uFiSh 1.0 (2016) — 092024 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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