Shrimp shell powder is also called shrimp meal, shrimp waste, shrimp heads, shrimp shells, shrimp.
Shrimp meal can be made from either shrimp destruction being processed before freezing or shrimp, which is not consistent quality to consumers. The material is made into dried shrimp meal (sun or using a hair dryer) and then ground. Shrimp meal has been used in trout and salmon diets as a source of pigments to impart the desired color in the tissues.
For dried shrimp processing industry consists of a scrap of meat, and shrimp shell after the process to extract the meat. About 70% will not be used, so large numbers from shrimp waste in the production process. A portion of the crude protein is contained in shrimp paste is a form of chitin, which is not easy to digest.