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Shrimp on a food label: it contains crustaceans

Shrimp is a kind of crustacean. It contains crustaceans, so the allergen labelling rules apply. It is not vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 6,210 products, most often in fish and seafood. Per 100 g: about 99 kcal and 20 g protein.

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Does shrimp contain an allergen?

Yes. Shrimp contains crustaceans: labels in the US, the UK, Europe and the Gulf must declare it.

AllergenUSUK and EuropeGulf
CrustaceansRequiredAs “crustacean shellfish”RequiredRequired

Read the crustaceans and molluscs guide

Is shrimp vegan?

No. Shrimp is not vegan: it comes from an animal. It is not vegetarian either.

VeganNot for youNot vegan: it comes from an animal.
VegetarianNot for youIt comes from fish or shellfish.
Shellfish allergyNot for youIt contains crustaceans.

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What other names does shrimp have on a label?

In English shrimp can also read “prawn”. On European labels it is “crevette” in French, “Garnele” in German and “gamba” in Spanish. The other 11 languages are listed below.

In Englishprawn
French
crevette, crevettes
German
Garnele, Garnelen
Spanish
gamba, langostino
Dutch
garnaal, garnalen
Portuguese
camarão
Polish
Krewetka, krewetki
Swedish
räkor
Danish
Reje, rejer
Finnish
katkarapu, katkaravut
Czech
krevety
Hungarian
garnéla
Romanian
crevete, creveți
Croatian
kozica, kozice
Turkish
Karides

Which foods contain shrimp?

Open Food Facts lists shrimp or a more specific kind of it in the ingredients of 6,210 products, most often fish and seafood, ready meals and savoury snacks. Most of them are sold in the United States, France and Germany.

  • Fish and seafood2,320
  • Ready meals1,164
  • Savoury snacks309
  • Pasta, rice and flour229
  • Dressings and sauces142
  • Pizzas, pies and quiches37

Products with it, by country of sale: United States 2,409 · France 2,301 · Germany 373 · Belgium 264.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where shrimp turns up, not how much of the market it is.

How many calories are in shrimp?

Shrimp has about 99 kcal per 100 g, with 20 g protein, 3.2 g carbohydrate and 0.8 g fat. The figures are for the entry “Shrimp or prawn, raw” in CIQUAL, the French food composition table published by ANSES.

99kcal per 100 g
20g protein
3.2g carbohydrate
0.8g fat

Also per 100 g: sugars 0 g, saturated fat 0.2 g, fibre 0 g, salt 0.45 g, energy 420 kJ.

ANSES CIQUAL table, CALNUT 2020 edition, food code 10021. A product’s own nutrition panel is the figure to log.

What kind of ingredient is shrimp?

Shrimp is a kind of crustacean.

Kinds of shrimpWhiteleg shrimpShrimp powderNorthern prawnShrimp pasteDeep-sea shrimpGrey shrimpPink shrimpsPenaeidaeCrayfish or shrimpParapenaeopsis styliferaPandalus jordaniRainbow shrimpMantis shrimpRed prawnHeterocarpusScarlet shrimp

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Sources

An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.

  1. Open Food Facts: Shrimp
  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)
  8. Wikipedia: Shrimp

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