The main producing area of Ecuadorian shrimp is in the tropical waters along the Pacific coast of the western United States, and it is distributed from the Gulf of Mexico to central Peru, especially in the waters near Ecuador.

The shell of Penaeus vannamei is thin, the normal body color is bluish, and the whole body has no markings, and its shape is similar to that of Penaeus China. Naturally inhabiting the sea area with water depth of 0-70m, it is omnivorous and has three characteristics, such as strong adaptability, fast growth speed and strong disease resistance, and can grow as long as the protein ratio in the bait accounts for more than 20%; It has delicious meat, high meat yield, euryhaline and high temperature resistance.

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Penaeus vannamei is a tropical shrimp with wide temperature and salinity. Penaeus vannamei is rich in nutrition and delicious, and can cook a variety of delicacies and make a variety of leisure and flavor foods. It is rich in protein, trace elements such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and iodine, and functional components such as vitamin A and chitin that are beneficial to human health. It is a high-quality and efficient food that promotes human health and longevity, and has the effects of beauty beauty, benefiting qi and nourishing yin.

Shrimp is rich in taurine, which can reduce human serum cholesterol, so it has a certain dietotherapy effect on preventing metabolic syndrome. Shrimp is rich in trace element zinc, which can improve the growth disorder, taste disorder, skin discomfort and sperm malformation caused by zinc deficiency. Therefore, Penaeus vannamei is a rare food-borne health care product.

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