Lushun Dried Shrimp

Lushun Dried Shrimp

Lushun Dried Shrimp is an agricultural product geographical indication.

　　Lushun Dried Shrimp is a specialty of Lushunkou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province. These dried shrimp are uniform in size, glossy on the surface, tender in meat, and extremely rich in nutrition. Lushun Dried Shrimp is a nationally protected product under the Agricultural Product Geographical Indication scheme.

　　Lushun Dried Shrimp is also called Golden Hook Dried Shrimp. Golden Hook Dried Shrimp is known as the king of dried shrimp, named for its golden color and hook-like shape.

　　Golden Hook Dried Shrimp is made from a small shrimp species called Lamp Red Shrimp. This shrimp grows along the southeastern coast of the Bohai and Yellow Seas, from Changxing Island to Lao Tieshan in Lushun. Due to the water temperature, it has a long growth cycle and never grows large (no one has ever seen a Lamp Red Shrimp over an inch long). Its characteristics include uniform size, glossy surface, tender meat, and extremely rich nutrition. The protein content is as high as 55%, far exceeding that of river shrimp, and it also contains abundant trace elements beneficial to the human body such as phosphorus, calcium, and iodine.

　　In 2013, "Lushun Dried Shrimp," applied for by the Lushunkou District Fisheries Association of Dalian, passed the review of the Quality and Safety Center of the Ministry of Agriculture and expert evaluation, and was registered for national protection under the Agricultural Product Geographical Indication scheme.

　　Geographical Scope

　　Lushunkou District is located at the southernmost tip of the Liaodong Peninsula, spanning both the Bohai and Yellow Seas. It is surrounded by sea on the south, west, and north sides, with a coastline of 157 kilometers. The marine area of Lushunkou District spans from 121°16′28.990″ to 121°20′51.900″ east longitude and from 38°49′28.450″ to 38°58′11.510″ north latitude, covering a total sea area of 2,590 square kilometers. It is the primary production area for the raw materials of Lushun Dried Shrimp.

　　Product Quality Characteristics

　　1. External Sensory Features. The external sensory features of Lushun Dried Shrimp are: golden yellow in color, hook-shaped, firm in texture, highly elastic, and sweet in taste. 2. Internal Quality Indicators. Lushun Dried Shrimp is delicious and nutritious, a much-loved seafood delicacy used as a premium ingredient for cooking, cold mixing, frying, seasoning, and soup making. It is highly favored by consumers, with umami comparable to MSG and can also serve as an ingredient in canned foods. Lushun Dried Shrimp contains 50%–60% protein, 1.9%–2.5% fat, 4×10³–5×10³ mg/kg calcium, 34–37 mg/kg zinc, about 1.5 mg/kg selenium, and is rich in various amino acids required by the human body, totaling 46%. Especially notable are glutamic acid at 3.62%, glycine at 7.04%, and aspartic acid at 4.89%, all of which are about 5%–10% higher than those of dried shrimp from other regions. 3. Safety Requirements. During the production process of Lushun Dried Shrimp, a strict product quality traceability system must be established. In terms of hygiene and safety quality, it should comply with the standards set by SC/T 3204—2000 "Aquatic Products Industry Standard of the People's Republic of China" for dried shrimp.