Five Interesting Facts About Shrimp That May Surprise You

Five Interesting Facts About Shrimp That May Surprise You

There is one thing for certain – shrimp taste absolutely delicious, depending on who you ask that is. Approximately 80% of people in the United States eat seafood and the average person consumes around 4.1 pounds of shrimp ever year, according to Southern Shrimp Alliance.1 That’s a lot of shrimp being eaten by a lot of people. While shrimp is arguably one of the most popular proteins being sold in today’s global food market, there are a handful of things that most people don’t know about their favorite shellfish species. In this blog, we’re going to highlight the top five most interesting facts about shrimp that may surprise you.

Eating shrimp can help improve your health and well-being.

Shrimp are full of rich nutrients such as selenium, choline, and vitamin B12. That’s why some health care professionals encourage select patients to incorporate shrimp into their everyday diet due to shrimp’s low calorie and dense protein nutritional makeup. Researchers have found that eating shrimp has proven to reduce inflammation by providing the body with antioxidants.

There are over 2,000 shrimp species in the world.

As shocking as it may sound, it’s true. There are over 2,000 shrimp species in the world.2 Ranging from shallow waters to deep ocean basins, researchers continue to find different types of shrimp species living in both fresh and saltwater environments. Some of the most popular shrimp species that are commercially available include the giant tiger pawn, cherry shrimp, Amano shrimp and the Kuruma pawn.

Shrimp play a very important role in our ecosystem.

Shrimp are small but powerful creatures that serve the vital purpose of maintaining the ocean’s ecological balance. By eating substantial amounts of algae and other external parasites, shrimp unknowingly help keep the waters fresh and clean by eliminating potential threats of overgrown microbes that deplete oxygen from the environment.3 A study published in Oecologia found that Migratory shrimp enrich streams that flow into oceans more significantly than the insects that contain ammonia and nitrates nutrients.4

The Mantis shrimp packs a fast and powerful punch.

As hard as it may be to picture a shrimp knocking out its predator, the stranger-than-fiction phenomena happens every day. The Mantis shrimp’s punch is so powerful it can actually knock off a crab’s arm and crack through the shell of a snail. Biologists chalk up the Mantis shrimp’s strength to the ultrafast speed of their appendage’s movement which has been compared to the speed of a bullet exiting a gun.⁵

NaturalShimp has developed the first commercially viable system for growing shrimp indoors.

NaturalShrimp has spent many years developing and commercializing a technology that will reliably produce a weekly crop of premium quality shrimp using a high degree of automation within an indoor environment. The enclosed, salt-water systems, uses patented technology to produce fresh, naturally grown shrimp, without the use of antibiotics or toxic chemicals. Visit https://naturalshrimpharvest-select.com/ to place your freshly harvested gourmet-grade shrimp order today!

¹Long, Deborah. “Shrimp Hits Record High Levels of Consumption in United States.” Southern Shrimp Alliance, 13 Dec. 2018, https://www.shrimpalliance.com/shrimp-hits-record-high-levels-of-consumption-in-united-states/.
²“Finding Your Niche in Shrimp Aquaculture.” Aquaculture North America, 9 July 2019, https://www.aquaculturenorthamerica.com/finding-your-niche-in-shrimp-aquaculture-1462/.
³“Too Much Algae — and Too Many Microbes — Threaten Coral Reefs.” NSF, https://beta.nsf.gov/news/too-much-algae-too-many-microbes-threaten-coral#:~:text=The%20researchers%20theorized%20that%20when,environment%20or%20by%20introducing%20diseases.
⁴University, Kyoto. “Migratory Shrimp Contribute Significantly to the Nutrient Quality of Streams and Oceans.” Phys.org, 13 Apr. 2022, https://phys.org/news/2022-04-migratory-shrimp-contribute-significantly-nutrient.html.
⁵Brown, Leah. “Robot Mimics the Powerful Punch of the Mantis Shrimp.” Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 25 Aug. 2021, https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/08/robot-mimics-powerful-punch-mantis-shrimp#:~:text=Mantis%20shrimp%20pack%20the%20strongest,take%20on%20octopus%20and%20win.

Gary Shover

I am one of the few lucky recipients that received some of the most beautiful shrimp during a shipping trial…. and when I say lucky and beautiful, I am not exaggerating.The shrimp arrived in a sealed Styrofoam container and the temperature was 37 degrees. I then went to the store and purchased some regular shrimp. Sadly, the guy working the counter did not know where the shrimp originated from. After cleaning both the store bought shrimp and the Natural Shrimp I set about cooking and did so with a skillet and the grill…. The taste of Natural Shrimp was outstanding when compared to the store bought shrimp the taste comparison was as different as night and day. The texture and taste was shrimply outstanding… The store bought shrimp was gritty and had little flavor versus NaturalShrimp that was tasty and buttery smooth. After eating Natural Shrimps product, I will never eat store bought shrimp again and gladly rate this a 5 star product.

Randy Tye

I live on the Gulf Coast and regularly purchase fresh caught wild shrimp right off of the shrimp boat and I have had the pleasure of eating Natural Shrimp numerous times. There is no comparison in the quality. Natural Shrimp is gourmet quality and I highly recommend it.

Allen Frank

I have had the pleasure of tasting the Natural Shrimp on 3 separate occasions. I normally buy my shrimp from a small shop located in San Leon, Texas on the Gulf Coast right on the water that gets their shrimp ” Right off the boat”. I like that since I know they are American caught shrimp, and the boats are tied up next to the store. I can honestly say that the Natural Shrimp is BY FAR taster and has NO odor than the shrimp I normally buy from the store. They have a sweet and buttery taste. As a big plus there is no need to de-vein the shrimp also. There is NO visible vein to remove…..I can honestly rate these tasty shrimp as a HUGE 5 STAR.

Steve & Deb Salmen

My husband and I drove 12 hours to purchase shrimp from Natural Shrimp. We were not disappointed in our purchase. The shrimp was extremely clean, no odor and had a good flavor. We’re looking forward to purchasing more in the near future. 5 stars!

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