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Shrimp

Meat, fish & cheese· seafood

Shrimp

What it is

Shrimp is a small, swimming crustacean in the order Decapoda, found in both fresh and salt water worldwide.

What it tastes like

On the nose: saline, rose. Among its measured molecules: trimethylamine, 1-octanol, 1-octen-3-ol, benzaldehyde.

What goes with it

126 more go with it. See them all in the full library →

Salt and acid

Salt

Salt not measured yet.

Acid

Acid not measured yet.

Unusual pairings

Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.

Every one of its 4 compounds carries a paper the library can cite.

  • benzaldehydearomaaldehydereads as burning aromatic taste (PubChem)Measured in 54 of 338 ingredients.cite
    OAV of 0.01 in raw shrimp, the smallest nonzero value in the table -- present but far below its own odour threshold; rises to 1.04 at 5%-moisture stageZhang et al. 2022, Foods (Table 1, row 'Benzaldehyde', 'RS' column)
  • 1-octanolaromaalcoholreads as fresh orange rose odor (PubChem)Measured in 19 of 338 ingredients.cite
    OAV of 1.22 in raw shrimp; unlike most compounds in this table it is NOT DETECTED at the 5%- or 15%-moisture (most-dried) stages, only appearing at 30%S, 45%S and RS -- one of the few compounds this drying process REDUCES to below detection rather than creatingZhang et al. 2022, Foods (Table 1, row '1-Octanol', 'RS' column)
  • trimethylaminearomanitrogen compoundreads as saline taste (PubChem)Measured in 6 of 338 ingredients.cite
    OAV of 4.22 in raw shrimp, generated from trimethylamine oxide breakdown independent of heat; rises to 85.96 at 5%-moisture stageZhang et al. 2022, Foods (Table 1, row 'Trimethylamine', 'RS' column)
  • 1-octen-3-olaromaalcoholMeasured in 35 of 338 ingredients.cite
    odour activity value (OAV) of 13.75 in raw shrimp before any drying or heat, the highest OAV of any compound present in the raw material; OAV rises to 472.50 at 5%-moisture (most-dried) stageZhang et al. 2022, Foods (Table 1, row '1-Octen-3-ol', 'RS' (raw shrimp) column)

Sources

  • Zhang et al. 2022, Foods