Shrimp, cooked
Checked by us One serving: 100 g · 119 kcal
Protein, plus omega-3: EPA + DHA and selenium. Rich in 3 more nutrients: see Good for.
A lot per serving: sodium. Worth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs.
Worth knowing for some people: sulphites.
Good for
How we counted this
What one serving (100 g) gives you.
Your body needs enough of each of these. Past enough, more doesn’t help. Amounts are what the food databases list, not what your body absorbs, unless a row says it was measured.
The words: “A lot” means one serving gives 20% or more of Health Canada’s daily amount, “Some” 10% to 19%, “A little” 2% to 9%, “Almost none” under 2%. Strongest word first; within a word, protein and fibre lead, then the biggest share. ?
A milligram (mg) is a thousandth of a gram, and a microgram (µg) a thousandth of a milligram: 1,000 µg make 1 mg.
- A lot
Protein
Your muscles, and every other tissue, are built and repaired from it.
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22.8 g in one serving: 41% of the 56 g a day men need, 50% of the 46 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
- A lot
Omega-3: EPA + DHA
Long-chain omega-3s, built into your cell membranes. DHA is concentrated in your brain and retinas.
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276 mg in one serving: 110% of the 250 mg a day.
Health Canada sets no daily amount for these fats, so the daily figure here is the European Food Safety Authority’s.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, omega-3 fatty acids fact sheet for health professionals
- A lot
Selenium
Your thyroid uses it to make its hormones.
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49.5 µg in one serving: 90% of the 55 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, selenium fact sheet for health professionals
- A lot
Vitamin B12
Your body needs it to make red blood cells and keep nerves working.
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1.66 µg in one serving: 69% of the 2.4 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B12 fact sheet for health professionals
- A lot
Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents)
More than 400 of your enzymes need it to work.
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7.01 mg in one serving: 44% of the 16 mg a day men need, 50% of the 14 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, niacin fact sheet for health professionals
- A lot
Choline
Your cells need it for their membranes, and to make acetylcholine, a messenger for memory, mood and muscle control.
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135 mg in one serving: 25% of the 550 mg a day men need, 32% of the 425 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, choline fact sheet for health professionals
16 more nutrients below “a lot”
- Some
Vitamin B6
Helps you use protein, and your brain needs it to make its chemical messengers.
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0.24 mg in one serving: 18% of the 1.3 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin B6 fact sheet for health professionals
- Some
Zinc
Your immune system and healing wounds depend on it.
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1.63 mg in one serving: 15% of the 11 mg a day men need, 20% of the 8 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, zinc fact sheet for health professionals
- Some
Vitamin E
Shields the fats in your cells from damage; your immune system uses it too.
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2.2 mg in one serving: 15% of the 15 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin E fact sheet for health professionals
- Some
Vitamin A
Your eyes need it to see in dim light.
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Getting enough matters; more than enough doesn’t sharpen your sight.
90 µg in one serving: 10% of the 900 µg a day men need, 13% of the 700 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin A fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Magnesium
Your muscles and nerves need it to work.
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37 mg in one serving: 9% of the 400 mg a day men need, 12% of the 310 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, magnesium fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Calcium
Builds your bones and teeth.
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91 mg in one serving: 9% of the 1,000 mg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, calcium fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Folate
Your body needs it to make DNA and to divide new cells.
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24 µg in one serving: 6% of the 400 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, folate fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Potassium
Your nerves, muscles and kidneys need it to work.
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170 mg in one serving: 5% of the 3,400 mg a day men need, 7% of the 2,600 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, potassium fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Thiamin (B1)
Your cells use it to get energy from food, and so to grow and work.
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0.03 mg in one serving: 3% of the 1.2 mg a day men need, 3% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, thiamin fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Riboflavin (B2)
Your cells use it to make energy and handle fats. It also helps turn tryptophan into niacin and activate vitamin B6.
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0.02 mg in one serving: 2% of the 1.3 mg a day men need, 2% of the 1.1 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, riboflavin fact sheet for health professionals
- A little
Iron
Carries oxygen in your blood.
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0.32 mg in one serving: 4% of the 8 mg a day men need, 2% of the 18 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, iron fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Omega-3: ALA
The one omega-3 your body can’t make: it must come from food. Your cells build it into their membranes and burn it for energy.
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12 mg in one serving: 1% of the 1,600 mg a day men need, 1% of the 1,100 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, omega-3 fatty acids fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Vitamin D
Your body needs it to absorb calcium and keep your bones hard.
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Your skin also makes it in sunlight, so food is only one of its sources.
0.1 µg in one serving: 1% of the 15 µg a day.
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin D fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Vitamin K1
Your blood needs it to clot.
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0.4 µg in one serving: under 1% of the 120 µg a day men need, under 1% of the 90 µg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin K fact sheet for health professionals
- Almost none
Fibre
Keeps your gut moving.
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0 g in one serving: under 1% of the 38 g a day men need, under 1% of the 25 g women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. Institute of Medicine 2005, Dietary Reference Intakes for Energy, Carbohydrate, Fiber, Fat, Fatty Acids, Cholesterol, Protein, and Amino Acids
- Almost none
Vitamin C
Your body makes collagen with it, which wounds need to heal. It also helps you absorb iron from plants.
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0 mg in one serving: under 1% of the 90 mg a day men need, under 1% of the 75 mg women need. The word follows the smaller share, which is the share of the higher amount. ?
Source: How much of it gets in hasn’t been measured for this food yet. NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, vitamin C fact sheet for health professionals
Watch out
How we counted this
Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs
Worth knowingAn average adult is already at or past the limit from other food.
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Flagged: EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds is 0.6 pg WHO 2022 toxic equivalents/kg body weight/week, 42 pg a week. Eaten alone, about 493 g a week would reach it at the upper bound (4,600 g at the lower bound); the upper bound is mostly detection-limit contribution, and the two bounds differ 9-fold. Mean adult intake of 18.7-56.4 pg/day is already above the limit, so one 100 g serving adds 1.6% to 46%. Based on 25 CFIA samples (imports, 2017-2018); the preparation is not stated.
Methylmercury
Nothing to watchYou’d need about 3.1 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to use up what an average adult’s intake leaves under the limit.
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One serving carries 3.36 µg (upper bound)
How we got this
A serving a day adds 31–480% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 24–107% of the limit.
An average adult already takes in about 18% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.
Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 2,700 g a week would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 700 g a week, which stays within the 2,200 g of room left before the limit.
Women who are or may become pregnant, and children: 420 g a day.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: EFSA's 2012 tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for mercury is 1.3 µg/kg body weight/week, 91 µg a week. Eaten alone, about 2,708 g of cooked shrimp a week would reach it (5,140 g on the lower bound); the mean of 0.0336 µg/g is an upper bound because 13 of 39 samples were below the detection limit. A daily 100 g serving carries 3.4 µg against a daily allowance of 13 µg. Mean adult intake is 0.24 µg/kg body weight/week, 18% of the TWI, within a range of 0.07-1.08 µg/kg body weight/week that is not subtracted.
CFIA, Mercury and Metals in Fish Products, 2000-2021 (inspection results; compilation of raw data) · grade B
Checked for cadmium, aluminum, nickel and lead: fine at normal amounts.
Cadmium
Nothing to watchYou’d need about 13 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to use up what an average adult’s intake leaves under the limit.
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One serving carries 0.58 µg
How we got this
A serving a day adds 3.3% to what an average adult already takes in: a share of that intake, not of the limit. With that serving every day, an average adult would be at about 73% of the limit.
An average adult already takes in about 71% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.
Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 30,000 g a week would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 700 g a week, which stays within the 8,800 g of room left before the limit.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
A daily serving adds 3.3% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A
Aluminum
Nothing to watchYou’d need about 27 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to reach the limit.
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One serving carries 369 µg
How we got this
19,000 g a week reaches the limit
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: EFSA's tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week, 70,000 µg a week for 70 kg. Eaten alone, about 18,960 g of cooked shrimp a week would reach it. Health Canada's mean is 3,692 ng/g (13 composites), and a serving carries 369 µg.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A
Nickel
Nothing to watchYou’d need more than 100 servings in a day of this food alone to use up what the highest average adult intake we found leaves under the limit.
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One serving carries 1.97 µg
How we got this
The highest average adult intake we found already takes up about 26% of the limit. One serving a day fits in the room left.
Counted from zero, with no allowance for what adults already take in from other food, 46,000 g a day would reach the limit.
Why this rating: Eating it daily comes to 100 g a day, which stays within the 34,000 g of room left before the limit.
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: under the limit
No cap: EFSA's 2020 tolerable daily intake (TDI) for nickel is 13 µg/kg body weight/day, 910 µg a day for 70 kg. Eaten alone, about 46,100 g of cooked shrimp a day would reach it. Health Canada's mean is 19.72 ng/g (13 composites, 3 non-detects, so the mean is imprecise), and a serving carries 1.97 µg.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A
Lead
Nothing to watchYou’d need about 40 servings a day, every day, of this food alone to double the lead an average adult already gets. No dose is known to be safe, so doubling is where we flag.
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A serving a day adds 2.5% to what an average adult already takes in. There is no limit to take a share of.
One serving carries 0.87 µg
How we got this
The dataset’s rating: Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake
No cap: no safe limit is set for lead (EFSA 2010 benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL01) of 0.5 µg/kg body weight/day), so no grams figure is given. Health Canada's total diet study gives a mean of 8.73 ng/g in cooked shrimp (13 composites, none non-detect). A serving carries 0.87 µg, 2.5% of EFSA 2012's adult mean of 35 µg/day, so one daily serving does not double it.
Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites) · grade A
For some people
Measured, not rated: 195.3 mg purines (raw basis)
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Measured on the raw food: no figure for this preparation has been found.
If you have gout: avoiding organ meats such as liver, which are higher in purines, is one of the diet changes that help lower uric acid in the blood and the number of flares, according to the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Source: NIAMS (NIH), Gout: diagnosis, treatment, and steps to take
How we got this
Not rated for people with gout or hyperuricemia: the only reference is a Japanese dietary recommendation of 400 mg purines a day, seen through Kaneko 2014 rather than an agency document, so no reference is established. Kaneko 2014 measured four raw shrimps at 53.4 to 273.2 mg purines per 100 g (HPLC, four purine bases); kuruma shrimp measures 195.3. No cooked figure was found, so that raw value stands in, and a 100 g serving carries about 195 mg. For scale only, 400 mg would be reached at about 205 g.
Flagged for people sensitive to sulphites: Health Canada groups sulphites with the priority allergens, and shrimp is commonly treated with sulphites against melanosis (blackening). No measured sulphite level for shrimp was found, so the amount is the missing figure.
Worth knowing
No limit applies, so none is rated.
Sodium and saturated fat
One 100 g serving, as a share of the label’s daily value: sodium 947 mg (41%) · saturated and trans fat 0.6 g (3%)
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We name one of these whenever a serving gives 20% or more of its daily value on Health Canada’s Table of Daily Values (sodium 2,300 mg, saturated and trans fat together 20 g), the same 20% that reads “a lot” under Good for. The same rule applies to every food. Daily values are what labels count against, not limits.
Source: Health Canada, Table of Daily Values (nutrition labelling)
Cholesterol
211 mg in a 100 g serving.
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Shown, not rated: the current US and Canadian dietary guidelines set no daily limit for cholesterol from food, and put the weight on saturated fat and the overall diet. The Canadian Nutrition Facts table gives it no percent daily value.
Source: Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030 · Health Canada, Canada’s Dietary Guidelines, Section 1
Sugar
0 g of sugar in a 100 g serving, natural and added together.
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Shown, not rated. The food tables we read give total sugar, and few give added sugar, so the site can’t yet tell sugar added in making a food from the sugar in fruit or milk.
Also checked (nothing to act on) · 3
Noted for context, or not measured in this food yet.
Context only, not rated: total arsenic in crustaceans is mostly arsenobetaine; no health-based value for the total.
Not measured in this food yet. Not rated: EFSA's 2024 reference point for inorganic arsenic is a benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL05) of 0.06 µg/kg body weight/day, but no agency inorganic arsenic value for shrimp was used, so no grams figure is given. Two studies seen in abstract only (Fu 2025; Matos 2022) were not taken as values.
Not measured in this food yet. Not rated: EFSA's 2019 group acceptable daily intake for phosphates is 40 mg/kg body weight/day as phosphorus, but the added amount is unknown. The USDA record says the food may contain 'additives to retain moisture', the usual role of polyphosphates in shrimp, and lists sodium at 947 mg/100 g against 566 mg in the raw entry.
Better options
How we counted this
“Better” here always means better at something the row names: more of one nutrient, more nutrients per serving, or the goal you pick. It never means better in every way.
Every amount below is for the same weight, 100 g, the size of one serving of this food, so a swap compares like with like. A serving of another food can be bigger or smaller.
A food is listed only if it gives clearly more: at least a fifth more than this food, and at least 10% of the daily amount more.
More of what it’s good for
More protein
Chicken breast, roasted31 g in 100 g (this food: 22.8 g) · but less omega-3: EPA + DHA and selenium
More omega-3: EPA + DHA
Mackerel, cooked1,203 mg in 100 g (this food: 276 mg)Worth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · this food has it too
Sardines, canned in oil982 mg in 100 g (this food: 276 mg)Worth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · this food has it too
More selenium
Light tuna, canned in water67.8 µg in 100 g (this food: 49.5 µg) · but less omega-3: EPA + DHAWorth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · this food has it too
Amounts as listed, not adjusted for how much gets in.
Chicken liver, simmered would lead this list, but it’s left out (Preformed vitamin A (retinol): limit it).
Your goal
Your goal changes only this list, not what the food gives you or what to watch.
Losing weight: fewer calories, and more nutrients, protein and fibre for each calorie.
- Light tuna, canned in water
- 90 kcal in 100 g (this food: 119)
- More niacin (13.6 mg vs 7.01 mg)
- More vitamin B12 (2.57 µg vs 1.66 µg)
- More selenium (67.8 µg vs 49.5 µg)
- Less omega-3: EPA + DHA (222 mg vs 276 mg)
- Less choline (29.3 mg vs 135 mg)
1 food out of the 19 other main-dish proteins we’ve checked and could compare gives clearly more nutrients, protein and fibre per calorie.
Building muscle: more protein and more calories, per 100 g.
Bacon, pan-fried33.9 g protein · 468 kcal per 100 gWorth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · this food has it too- Chicken breast, roasted31 g protein · 165 kcal per 100 g
Pork chop, pan-fried27.6 g protein · 238 kcal per 100 gWorth knowing: dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · this food has it tooNeeds care in handling: see its page
Why some foods aren’t suggested
Left out: Farmed salmon, cooked (Histamine: go easy).
Left out: Mussels, cooked (Cadmium: limit it).
Left out: Chicken liver, simmered (Preformed vitamin A (retinol): limit it).
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Name in the database: Shrimp, mixed species, cooked, moist heat
How the serving was set: 100 g cooked (Health Canada TRA item I.3, marine and fresh water animals without sauce: 125 g raw, 100 g cooked)
Listed nutrients, per 100 g
For each nutrient, the value this page uses is marked “used”. A row marked “second database” is another database’s figure for a matching food, kept so you can see how far databases disagree (they can differ in the samples analysed, lab methods and rounding). Its own cells are worked out from it, but none of the page’s words or scores are.
| Nutrient | Per serving | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omega-3: ALA | 0.012 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Calcium | 91 mg | 91 mg | 76.47 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| 91 mg | 91 mg | 76.47 mg | copy of USDA · not used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #3212 | C | |
| Carbohydrate | 1.52 g | 1.52 g | 1.28 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Choline | 135.4 mg | 135.4 mg | 113.78 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Energy | 119 kcal | 119 kcal | – | FDC Energy (kcal) used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) | – |
| Omega-3: EPA + DHA | 0.276 g | 0.28 g | 0.23 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Fat | 1.7 g | 1.7 g | 1.43 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Cholesterol | 211 mg | 211 mg | 177.31 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Fatty acids, total saturated | 0.521 g | 0.52 g | 0.44 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Folate | 24 µg | 24 µg | 20.17 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Iron | 0.32 mg | 0.32 mg | 0.27 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Magnesium | 37 mg | 37 mg | 31.09 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Niacin (B3, niacin equivalents) | 7.011 mg | 7.01 mg | 5.89 mg | listed used | Canadian Nutrient File 2026 #3212 | C |
| Phosphorus | 306 mg | 306 mg | 257.14 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Potassium | 170 mg | 170 mg | 142.86 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Protein | 22.78 g | 22.78 g | 19.14 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.024 mg | 0.02 mg | 0.02 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Selenium | 49.5 µg | 49.5 µg | 41.6 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Sodium | 947 mg | 947 mg | 795.8 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Sugars | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.032 mg | 0.03 mg | 0.03 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin A | 90 µg | 90 µg | 75.63 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin B12 | 1.66 µg | 1.66 µg | 1.39 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.242 mg | 0.24 mg | 0.2 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin D | 0.1 µg | 0.1 µg | 0.08 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin E | 2.2 mg | 2.2 mg | 1.85 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin K1 | 0.4 µg | 0.4 µg | 0.34 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Water | 71.56 g | 71.56 g | 60.13 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Zinc | 1.63 mg | 1.63 mg | 1.37 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per serving | Per 100 calories | How | Source | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beta-carotene | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Copper | 0.258 mg | 0.26 mg | 0.22 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Ash | 3.11 g | 3.11 g | 2.61 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Starch | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Sucrose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Glucose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Fructose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Maltose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Alcohol, ethyl | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Caffeine | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Theobromine | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Energy | 497 kj | 497 kj | 417.65 kj | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Galactose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin A, IU | 301 iu | 301 iu | 252.94 iu | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Carotene, alpha | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3), International Units | 4 iu | 4 iu | 3.36 iu | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) | 0.1 µg | 0.1 µg | 0.08 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Cryptoxanthin, beta | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Lycopene | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tocopherol, beta | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tocopherol, gamma | 0.2 mg | 0.2 mg | 0.17 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tocopherol, delta | 0.05 mg | 0.05 mg | 0.04 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tocotrienol, alpha | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tocotrienol, beta | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tocotrienol, gamma | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tocotrienol, delta | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin K (Menaquinone-4) | 0.4 µg | 0.4 µg | 0.34 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin K (Dihydrophylloquinone) | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Folic acid | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Folate, food | 24 µg | 24 µg | 20.17 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Folate, DFE | 24 µg | 24 µg | 20.17 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tryptophan | 0.26 g | 0.26 g | 0.22 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Threonine | 0.904 g | 0.9 g | 0.76 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Isoleucine | 1.05 g | 1.05 g | 0.88 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Leucine | 1.95 g | 1.95 g | 1.64 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Lysine | 2.172 g | 2.17 g | 1.83 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Methionine | 0.665 g | 0.67 g | 0.56 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Cystine | 0.272 g | 0.27 g | 0.23 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Phenylalanine | 0.992 g | 0.99 g | 0.83 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Tyrosine | 0.862 g | 0.86 g | 0.72 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Valine | 1.067 g | 1.07 g | 0.9 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Arginine | 2.247 g | 2.25 g | 1.89 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Histidine | 0.501 g | 0.5 g | 0.42 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Alanine | 1.41 g | 1.41 g | 1.18 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Aspartic acid | 2.54 g | 2.54 g | 2.13 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Glutamic acid | 4.001 g | 4 g | 3.36 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Glycine | 1.341 g | 1.34 g | 1.13 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Proline | 1.047 g | 1.05 g | 0.88 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Serine | 0.929 g | 0.93 g | 0.78 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin E, added | 0 mg | 0 mg | 0 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Vitamin B-12, added | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Fatty acids, total trans | 0.035 g | 0.04 g | 0.03 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 4:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 6:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 8:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 10:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 12:0 | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 14:0 | 0.022 g | 0.02 g | 0.02 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 16:0 | 0.284 g | 0.28 g | 0.24 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 18:0 | 0.157 g | 0.16 g | 0.13 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 20:0 | 0.003 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| MUFA 18:1 | 0.224 g | 0.22 g | 0.19 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 18:2 | 0.191 g | 0.19 g | 0.16 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 18:3 | 0.012 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 20:4 | 0.067 g | 0.07 g | 0.06 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 0.141 g | 0.14 g | 0.12 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 22:0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| MUFA 14:1 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| MUFA 16:1 | 0.04 g | 0.04 g | 0.03 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 18:4 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| MUFA 20:1 | 0.006 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 0.135 g | 0.14 g | 0.11 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| MUFA 22:1 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 22:5 n-3 (DPA) | 0.012 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | 0.361 g | 0.36 g | 0.3 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | 0.59 g | 0.59 g | 0.5 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 15:0 | 0.014 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 17:0 | 0.024 g | 0.02 g | 0.02 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| SFA 24:0 | 0.008 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| MUFA 24:1 c | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 20:2 n-6 c,c | 0.012 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| MUFA 17:1 | 0.092 g | 0.09 g | 0.08 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 20:3 | 0.012 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| MUFA 15:1 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| PUFA 22:4 | 0.007 g | 0.01 g | 0.01 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Lactose | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Lutein + zeaxanthin | 0 µg | 0 µg | 0 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Manganese | 0.049 mg | 0.05 mg | 0.04 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Niacin (B3, preformed) | 2.678 mg | 2.68 mg | 2.25 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) | 0.519 mg | 0.52 mg | 0.44 mg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
| Retinol | 90 µg | 90 µg | 75.63 µg | listed used | US food database (USDA SR Legacy) #171971 | C |
Change the amount to rescale the first column. Nutrients a database doesn't list are missing, not zero.
Hazard rows as the dataset rates them
- Aluminum · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for aluminium is 1 mg/kg body weight/week, 70,000 µg a week for 70 kg. Eaten alone, about 18,960 g of cooked shrimp a week would reach it. Health Canada's mean is 3,692 ng/g (13 composites), and a serving carries 369 µg. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Arsenic, all forms · Context · Context only, not rated: total arsenic in crustaceans is mostly arsenobetaine; no health-based value for the total. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Cadmium · Nothing to watch: under the limit · A daily serving adds 3.3% to an average adult's cadmium intake (EFSA 2012 adult median, 1.77 µg/kg body weight/week; Canadian adults in 2007: 1.2-1.75), far from doubling it, so no cap. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Crustacean allergy · Worth knowing · Flagged for people with a crustacean allergy: Health Canada lists crustaceans and molluscs among the priority food allergens, and names shrimp as a crustacean. · Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens · A
- Dioxins and dioxin-like PCBs · Worth knowing · Flagged: EFSA's 2026 tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds is 0.6 pg WHO 2022 toxic equivalents/kg body weight/week, 42 pg a week. Eaten alone, about 493 g a week would reach it at the upper bound (4,600 g at the lower bound); the upper bound is mostly detection-limit contribution, and the two bounds differ 9-fold. Mean adult intake of 18.7-56.4 pg/day is already above the limit, so one 100 g serving adds 1.6% to 46%. Based on 25 CFIA samples (imports, 2017-2018); the preparation is not stated. · CFIA dioxins survey (2014–2019) · B
- Inorganic arsenic · Not rated yet · Not rated: EFSA's 2024 reference point for inorganic arsenic is a benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL05) of 0.06 µg/kg body weight/day, but no agency inorganic arsenic value for shrimp was used, so no grams figure is given. Two studies seen in abstract only (Fu 2025; Matos 2022) were not taken as values. · PubMed 40024563 · B
- Lead · Nothing to watch: doesn’t double average intake · No cap: no safe limit is set for lead (EFSA 2010 benchmark dose lower limit (BMDL01) of 0.5 µg/kg body weight/day), so no grams figure is given. Health Canada's total diet study gives a mean of 8.73 ng/g in cooked shrimp (13 composites, none non-detect). A serving carries 0.87 µg, 2.5% of EFSA 2012's adult mean of 35 µg/day, so one daily serving does not double it. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Methylmercury · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's 2012 tolerable weekly intake (TWI) for mercury is 1.3 µg/kg body weight/week, 91 µg a week. Eaten alone, about 2,708 g of cooked shrimp a week would reach it (5,140 g on the lower bound); the mean of 0.0336 µg/g is an upper bound because 13 of 39 samples were below the detection limit. A daily 100 g serving carries 3.4 µg against a daily allowance of 13 µg. Mean adult intake is 0.24 µg/kg body weight/week, 18% of the TWI, within a range of 0.07-1.08 µg/kg body weight/week that is not subtracted. · CFIA mercury and metals in fish (2000–2021) · B
- Nickel · Nothing to watch: under the limit · No cap: EFSA's 2020 tolerable daily intake (TDI) for nickel is 13 µg/kg body weight/day, 910 µg a day for 70 kg. Eaten alone, about 46,100 g of cooked shrimp a day would reach it. Health Canada's mean is 19.72 ng/g (13 composites, 3 non-detects, so the mean is imprecise), and a serving carries 1.97 µg. · Health Canada Total Diet Study, trace elements · A
- Added phosphates · Not rated yet · Not rated: EFSA's 2019 group acceptable daily intake for phosphates is 40 mg/kg body weight/day as phosphorus, but the added amount is unknown. The USDA record says the food may contain 'additives to retain moisture', the usual role of polyphosphates in shrimp, and lists sodium at 947 mg/100 g against 566 mg in the raw entry. · US food database (USDA SR Legacy) · C
- Purines and gout · Not rated yet · Not rated for people with gout or hyperuricemia: the only reference is a Japanese dietary recommendation of 400 mg purines a day, seen through Kaneko 2014 rather than an agency document, so no reference is established. Kaneko 2014 measured four raw shrimps at 53.4 to 273.2 mg purines per 100 g (HPLC, four purine bases); kuruma shrimp measures 195.3. No cooked figure was found, so that raw value stands in, and a 100 g serving carries about 195 mg. For scale only, 400 mg would be reached at about 205 g. · Kaneko 2014 · C
- Safe cooking temperature · Worth knowing · Flagged for cooking: Health Canada's cooking chart gives 74 °C (165 °F) for shellfish and crustaceans, shrimp included. This food is already cooked; the figure applies when you cook raw shrimp, and leftovers are reheated to 74 °C. · Health Canada, safe cooking temperatures · A
- Sulphites · Worth knowing · Flagged for people sensitive to sulphites: Health Canada groups sulphites with the priority allergens, and shrimp is commonly treated with sulphites against melanosis (blackening). No measured sulphite level for shrimp was found, so the amount is the missing figure. · Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens · B
Sources
- CFIA, Food Safety Action Plan Targeted Survey: Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds in Selected Foods 2014-2019 (data and 2-page overview PDF; report page inspection.canada.ca)
cfia-dioxins-2014-2019· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - CFIA, Mercury and Metals in Fish Products, 2000-2021 (inspection results; compilation of raw data)
cfia-metals-fish-2000-2021· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - Health Canada, Canadian Nutrient File 2026 (14th edition)
cnf-2026· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, 2018-04
fdc-sr-legacy-2018-04· dataset · CC0 1.0 (public domain) - Health Canada, Crustaceans and Molluscs - Priority food allergens (2017, Cat. H164-156/5-1-2017E-PDF)
hc-priority-allergens-crustaceans-molluscs· secondary source · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright) - Health Canada, Safe cooking temperatures (published 2024-06-04; page details 2020-05-29)
hc-safe-cooking-temps· page · Government of Canada terms (Crown copyright; not OGL) - Health Canada, Canadian Total Diet Study – Trace Elements (2005–2018 composites)
hc-tds-trace-elements· dataset · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0 - Kaneko K, et al. (2014) Total purine and purine base content of common foodstuffs for facilitating nutritional therapy for gout and hyperuricemia. Biol Pharm Bull 37(5):709-721 · doi:10.1248/bpb.b13-00967 · PMID 24553148
kaneko-2014-purines· secondary source · J-STAGE open access - Fu B et al. Inorganic arsenic in aquatic products in Shenzhen, China from 2018 to 2024: levels, temporal variation and health risk assessment. Food Chem Toxicol 2025 (doi 10.1016/j.fct.2025.115353) · PMID 40024563 · pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Body map 2026-10-25.1: each nutrient’s job comes from an agency fact sheet, linked beside it under Good for.
The plain words: “a lot” means one serving (100 g when the food has no serving size) gives at least 20% of the daily amount (the reference intake), “some” at least 10%, “a little” at least 2% (the cut-offs are ours, one set for every page: 20% and 10% are borrowed from the US labelling terms “high” and “good source” and applied to Health Canada’s daily amount, whereas Health Canada’s own shopper rule says 15%; provisional: they may change in a later method version). The daily amount is Health Canada’s Dietary Reference Intake for adults 19–30; where men and women need different amounts we use the higher one (protein: 56 g for men, 46 g for women). The percentage printed under each nutrient is the printed amount as a share of that daily amount, rounded to the nearest whole number, and the word is read from that percentage, so the amount, the percentage and the word always agree. Calcium with a measured absorption is scaled by how well it gets in compared with milk.
The scale: “Nothing to watch” means a serving a day stays under the limit at ordinary amounts; “Go easy” means a serving a day can push past the limit for adults who already take in the most, or fewer than 2 servings reach it; “Limit it” means once a week or less. The dataset’s own rating is under “How we got this”. Provisional: the scale may change in a later method version.
Measured absorption under Good for: grade-A studies in adults that tested this preparation of this food, as a share of the listed amount (the share digested, for protein), quoted once each source has passed our evidence check; animal studies and other variants stay in the table above. Provisional: this screen may change in a later method version.