Agricultural and Biological Sciences
8 years ago

Cultured prawns have higher cholesterol levels than wild prawns.

Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Variation in Lipid Composition during the Growing Period of the Prawn I. Comparative Studies on the Flesh Lipid Composition of the Wild and Cultured Prawn
HA Bong-Seuk, Matsuno Takao, Masaaki Katsuyama

Paper Summary

The researchers compared the fat composition of wild and farmed prawns. They found that farmed prawns had more unsaponifiable matter in their fat. Wild prawns had higher levels of fatty acids, while farmed prawns had more monoenoic acids. Both types of prawns had cholesterol as the main sterol.

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