Shrimp is a food rich in protein, but shrimp contains very little fat compared to other seafood foods. Therefore, shrimp is always the food chosen in the menu of those who need to nourish themselves without fear of getting fat. is a seafood with high nutritional content, containing many vitamins and minerals.

Many people love to eat shrimp heads because they think that place has a lot of shrimp roe. Many others throw away the head because they think that it is the part that contains waste, eating it is not good for health. Whether the black part on the shrimp head contains roe or feces has always been a controversial question.

The shrimp's body is divided into two parts: the head and the body of the shrimp. The shrimp's head is a hollow cavity with a hard shell, which contains the main parts of the shrimp such as: the nervous system, digestive system, excretory system and respiratory system...

The shrimp's digestive system consists of 2 parts: the stomach and the intestines. The shrimp's stomach is also located right in the head cavity, which is where food is stored when the shrimp forages. Shrimp are omnivorous animals, their food is quite diverse, including insects, algae, parasite larvae (helminths), rotten animals and plants.

Thus, the shrimp's stomach contains a lot of very dirty substances, parasite eggs and microorganisms that are harmful to human health, so it is necessary to remove the stomach when eating shrimp.

The second part of the digestive system is the intestine. The intestine is a small tube running along the upper back. After being digested in the stomach, food will be pushed along the intestine and waste and exit through the opening of the intestine.

The shrimp's intestine is also where the digestive system's food waste is stored. In addition, the substances in the intestine located along the shrimp's back have a bitter taste. When eaten, this bitter taste reduces the delicious taste of shrimp meat.

Thus, it can be affirmed that the entire digestive tract of shrimp contains dirty substances. It is necessary to remove them to ensure food safety and maintain the sensory value of shrimp meat. The shrimp's stomach is black, so it is easy to identify and can be easily separated when cleaning the shrimp before cooking.

In addition, shrimp roe is also contained in the head of the shrimp. When they are alive, it is difficult to distinguish between the roe or the stomach containing the shrimp's food in the head. When cooked, the shrimp roe is red, a natural golden brown color. The shrimp roe has a fatty and fragrant taste like crab roe.

The larger the shrimp, the more shrimp roe, especially the darker the shrimp shell, the fresher the color of the roe. In case you want to get the shrimp roe for processing, you just need to break off the shrimp head and take out the yellow roe from the head.

Regarding the shrimp head, although the amount of shrimp meat is not as much as the shrimp body, there is still a significant amount of meat, usually accounting for 25 to 30% of the shrimp head's mass. In addition, the shrimp head also has very valuable shrimp roe. Therefore, when preparing food at home, you should find a way to peel off one side of the shrimp head to remove the black stomach and put it back as before to keep the shrimp intact with the head and body, making the dish more attractive and the amount of shrimp meat and shrimp roe in the head can still be utilized.

However, this can only be applied to large shrimp. For small shrimp, leave the head attached to the body. After cooking the shrimp, when eating, you must peel off the stomach at the head of the shrimp and remove the intestines on the back of the shrimp body to ensure that you do not eat the dirt in the shrimp's digestive system.