Get to know how shrimp impurities?

In order to increase weight and have a nice "design" for shrimp, many sellers have pumped water and impurities into shrimp. If people eat, they will suffer from food poisoning, suffer from dangerous diseases such as diarrhea, cholera, typhoid, digestive disorders .

How to identify shrimp with impurities

The type of shrimp chosen to pump impurities is mostly tiger shrimp .

When choosing shrimps, if the shrimps are hard, straight , they are impurities. I normally have soft, curved shrimp.

Shrimp carrying hard impurities, bulging while carrying shrimp is often soft, flat.

Shrimp was pumped with chemicals.(Illustration)

In terms of color, it is almost impossible to distinguish the pumped shrimp and clean shrimp. My shrimp impurities are often fat, unusually stretched, so fat that the stems on the body of shrimp are almost dilated, especially the connection between head and body.

Pumped shrimp when dying often suffer from head swelling, prickly spines, spread tail. The head and body are quickly separated .

Prawn impurities are often bulky and unusually fat.(Illustration)

Pumped shrimp when water is melted and shrimps are shrunk. When eating uneaten meat, the taste is lighter than normal.

If the shrimps are pumped, when cooked, peel off the shrimps and it will be easy to see the vegetables in the middle of the meat and shrimp shells . Especially in the head, under the bearing.

How to choose fresh and delicious shrimp

Make sure you eat the most, look for shrimp and 'crackle jump' , don't drop your feet, this is the safest way to make sure you're buying fresh shrimp. On the other hand, consumers can choose smaller shrimps .

The next way is for frozen or steamed shrimp, pick up the shrimp, hold the head and tail to pull the shrimp straight out. If the joints between the burning shrimp are new, then if the joints are wide, the shrimp have been frozen too long.

Fresh, delicious shrimp are live shrimp, shiny shells, raw legs, even more.(Illustration)

With tiger prawns: Do not choose shrimp that has turned pink because it is shrimp. With prawns , in addition to the surviving characteristics, you should choose which shells are white with pink, dark blue eyes. Particularly for iron shrimp , do not choose a dark pink color because then the shrimp is old and not fresh.

In terms of sensibility, when buying you should choose the shiny, fresh shell shrimp. The meat inside is tightly attached to the shell.

What substances are pumped by shrimp?

The solution to pump shrimp to increase weight is mainly starch such as jelly, knife, CMC (stabilizer used to control viscosity of seafood) . These substances are often cooked or mixed with water. gelatinous solution. Then use the syringe directly into the head, body and tail.

Impurities are pumped into the shrimp through the head, body and tail.(Illustration)

In addition, to keep the appearance of fresh shrimp longer, many traders also use the welding, pepper, urea . to marinate shrimp.

How harmful are shrimp impurities?

According to experts on seafood and seafood, when shrimp and fish contain strange impurities, especially liquid form will become a favorable environment for many dangerous bacteria to grow.

Specifically, Vibrio cholarae bacteria cause cholera, salmonella causing typhoid, poisoning, diarrhea, blood infection. Shigella causes dysentery, escheria coli bacteria cause diarrhea, digestive disorders .

In addition, keeping shrimp in welding and urea . also increases the likelihood of consumers suffering from acute poisoning . Urea accumulation in the body can cause chronic poisoning, insomnia, physical weakness, memory loss, liver and kidney disease .