shrimp shells
Discarded prawn armor
Shrimp shells are the hard outer coverings removed from shrimp before or after cooking.
They're discarded as food waste but have culinary uses—simmered to make seafood stock or deep-fried as a crispy garnish.
Shrimp shells also find industrial applications in chitin extraction for biodegradable plastics and fertilizers.
- chitinArthropod shell polymer
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
- crustaceanAquatic arthropod with exoskeleton
- peelingComing off in strips
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
fish market · boil · crack · pink · tail · legs · antennae · brittle · translucent · compost · garbage disposal · bisque · seafood stock · stock · briny · ocean · molt · carapace
- seafood wastefish heads, fish guts, fish scales, fish tails
- tongue twistersPeter Piper, she sells seashells, toy boat, rubber baby buggy bumpers, woodchuck
- fishing wastefish guts, fish heads, fish scales, entrails, viscera
- shellsseashells, clam, oyster, mussel, scallop
- biosorbentsactivated charcoal, biochar, chitin, cellulose, lignin