How to distinguish natural dried shrimp and chemical impregnated shrimp

Leaving out a natural dried shrimp product requires a hard working process. Many people have impregnated cheap chemicals to speed up the coloring process of shrimp, then marketed in large quantities. The following notes will help housewives distinguish between impregnated shrimp and naturally dried shrimp.

Color

Natural dried shrimp with less eye-catching color.(Artwork: Internet).

Natural dried shrimp is often less eye catching. Shrimp impregnated with bright, colorful colors.

Specifically, with natural dried shrimps, there will be pink color in the shrimp tail, the prawn belly is slightly ivory color of shrimp meat, the spine is still gut black. As for the impregnated shrimp, the shrimp color can be orange, red or pink all over the shrimp body.

Size

Standard dried shrimp should be caught from the sea. There are two types used as dried shrimp are silver shrimp and blood shrimp. These shrimps are usually smaller than chopsticks. If the shrimps are dry but bigger than the chopsticks, most of them are tiger prawns or shrimps hitting the sea. In addition, there is a possibility that the chemical soaked shrimp will expand.

Price

Should not buy dried shrimps too big.(Artwork: Internet).

Fresh shrimp bought at sea costs about 40-50,000 VND / kg. About 10 - 11kg of fresh shrimp produce 1kg of dried shrimp. Moreover, the process of making dried shrimps is very manual and long, many stages: injecting to remove all the sand, then boil, dry from 2-3 days in the sun, then smash the shrimp. Therefore, each kg of fresh shrimp must have the lowest price of about 450-500,000 VND, then the new owner of the household will get profit.

But now, because many people are cheap and do not know, should choose under 400,000 VND or not, I have chosen the type of shrimp impregnated processed from cheap shrimp and not processed according to the process.

Experiment

1. Water immersion : If it is a chemical impregnated shrimp, just soak the cold water or hot water for a while, it will fade to the water bowl, and the shrimp will naturally dry, the shrimp will only open and the water bowl will remain clear.
2. Try : The shrimp must be dried very dry, the shrimps are hard but not soft, the test is very delicious and sweet, with a characteristic aromatic taste.If the shrimp is dyed or chemically impregnated, the sweetness and natural aroma of the shrimp will be affected more or less the chemical smell.