The study, conducted by ABC Research of Gainesville, Florida, compared the nutritional profile of U.S. wild-caught pink, white and brown shrimp against pond-raised whites from Indonesia and Thailand, and farmed black tigers from Vietnam.
Researchers found wild shrimp provides significantly higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, iron, protein, zinc, vitamin B12, and calcium than its farmed-shrimp cousins.
“A three-ounce serving of the pink and brown wild-caught shrimp contained up to 30 percent of the recommended daily intake of vitamin B12, while the pinks had significantly higher levels of omega-3,” said Marge Condrasky, a dietician and assistant professor for the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at Clemson University in South Carolina.
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