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Shrimp
Meat, fish & cheese· seafood

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
- Porkboth carry 1-octanol, orange rosecite
- Baked salmonboth carry trimethylamine, salinecite
- Beefboth carry trimethylamine, salinecite
Salt and acid
Salt
Salt not measured yet.
Acid
Acid not measured yet.
Unusual pairings
Pairs the library can cite that almost nobody makes.
- Shrimp + Baked salmon
both carry trimethylamine, saline (6 of 338 carry it)
- Shrimp + Beef
both carry trimethylamine, saline (6 of 338 carry it)
- Shrimp + Fish sauce
both carry trimethylamine, saline (6 of 338 carry it)
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 stage — Zhang 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 creating — Zhang 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 stage — Zhang 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) stage — Zhang et al. 2022, Foods (Table 1, row '1-Octen-3-ol', 'RS' (raw shrimp) column)
Sources
- Zhang et al. 2022, Foods