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Pink shrimps on a food label: they contain crustaceans

Pink shrimps are a kind of shrimp. They contain crustaceans, so the allergen labelling rules apply. They are not vegan. Open Food Facts finds them in 38 products, most often in fish and seafood. Per 100 g: about 92 kcal and 22 g protein.

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Do pink shrimps contain an allergen?

Yes. Pink shrimps contain crustaceans: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare them.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
CrustaceansRequiredAs “crustacean shellfish”RequiredRequired

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Are pink shrimps vegan?

No. Pink shrimps are not vegan: they come from an animal. They are not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: they come from an animal.
VegetarianNot for youThey come from fish or shellfish.
Shellfish allergyNot for youThey contain crustaceans.

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What other names do pink shrimps have on a label?

In English pink shrimps can also read “pink schrimp”. On European labels they are “crevette rose” in French and “gamberetti rosa” in Italian.

In Englishpink schrimp
French
crevette rose, crevettes roses
Italian
gamberetti rosa

Which foods contain pink shrimps?

Open Food Facts lists pink shrimps in the ingredients of 38 products, most often fish and seafood, ready meals and salty and fatty foods. Most of them are sold in France, Belgium and the United States.

  • Fish and seafood18
  • Ready meals7
  • Salty and fatty foods2
  • Savoury snacks1
  • Vegetables1

Products with it, by country of sale: France 28 · Belgium 22 · United States 3 · Luxembourg 2.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where pink shrimps turn up, not how much of the market they are.

How many calories are in pink shrimps?

Pink shrimps have about 92 kcal per 100 g, with 22 g protein, 0 g carbohydrate and 0.5 g fat. The figures are for the entry “deep water pink shrimp, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

92kcal per 100 g
22g protein
0g carbohydrate
0.5g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 0.1 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.3 g, energy 392 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 10059. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient are pink shrimps?

Pink shrimps are a kind of shrimp.

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  1. Open Food Facts: Pink shrimps
  2. Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  4. ANSES: CIQUAL French food composition table (CALNUT 2020 edition), Licence Ouverte 2.0
  5. European Union: Regulation 1169/2011 on food information to consumers, Annex II
  6. UK Food Standards Agency: Allergen guidance for food businesses (the 14 allergens)
  7. US FDA: Questions and Answers Regarding Food Allergen Labeling, Edition 5 (January 2025)

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