Mantis shrimp turns green when cooked

Mantis shrimp tastes delicious and fresh, so it is especially popular among the public. However, for this kind of food, it should be red in color after being cooked, just like ordinary shrimps. But sometimes we will find that after being cooked, the mantis shrimp turns green, which makes people scared and wonder whether they should eat it. In order to solve this problem for everyone, let us answer it for you today.

Why is there green color after the mantis shrimp is steamed?

Mantis shrimp is also called mantis shrimp

Spring is the spawning season for them, and it is best to eat them at this time.

Mantis shrimp is a nutritious seafood with fresh juice and tender meat. The meat contains more water, is sweet, tender and smooth, light and soft, and has a special and attractive flavor. The brain of a fat mantis shrimp is full of fat, the meat is very tender and delicious, but unfortunately there is more shell than meat. But its protein content is as high as 20%, fat 0.7%, as well as vitamins, inosinic acid, aminopropionic acid and other nutrients needed by the human body. Mantis shrimp is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, promoting lactation and detoxifying.

But how come it turns green after being cooked? Now is a good season to eat mantis shrimps. I saw some mantis shrimps turned green after being cooked. Do you want to eat them?

The inspectors cut the live shrimp into pieces and soaked them in pure water for 15 minutes.

Then drop water into the test tube and test it with the solution

Relevant experts said that it is difficult to draw a conclusion without conducting experiments and careful identification, but preliminary estimates show that this "green" should have nothing to do with the drug. He analyzed that now is the breeding season for shrimps, and this may be a physiological regulation in the body. The greening may be related to changes in the gonads of shrimps.

Some vendors also said that the meat of mantis shrimp will turn green at certain times. For example, "before spawning, the meat of female mantis shrimp turns green when cooked, but the male does not. We don't know why, but people still eat it as usual."

The inspectors at Nanpu Farmers’ Market who received the report from Mr. Huang were also confused about this issue. They sampled a fresh mantis shrimp in the market and after testing, found that the hydrogen peroxide and formaldehyde levels did not exceed the standard.