How much protein is in raw shrimp?

Raw shrimp has 20.1 g of protein per 100 g and 17.1 g per 3 oz (85 g). That is 23.6 g of protein per 100 kcal — a high-protein food by any standard.

Should tuna, shrimp and sardines be weighed raw or cooked?

Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the raw row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

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Tuna, shrimp and sardinesUSDA SR LegacyFDC 175179

Calories in raw shrimp

USDA FoodData Central record for “Crustaceans, shrimp, raw” — per 100 g, per every USDA serving size, and next to the other tuna, shrimp and sardines rows.

The short answer

Raw shrimp: 85 kcal per 100 g. 3 oz (85 g) is 72 kcal with 17.1 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 175179, "Crustaceans, shrimp, raw".

Per 100 g

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Share of energy
Energy	85 kcal	100%
Protein	20.1 g	95%
Fat	0.5 g	5%
Carbohydrate	0 g	0%

Raw shrimp is 85 kcal per 100 g in USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy). Of that energy, about 95% comes from protein, 5% from fat and 0% from carbohydrate. That works out to 23.6 g of protein per 100 kcal — a high-protein food by any standard.

Per serving

The serving sizes USDA lists for this record, priced from the per-100 g figures above. Nothing here is rounded to a “portion” — the gram weight next to each label is what the calories are computed from.

Serving	Weight	Calories	Protein	Fat	Carbs
100 g	100 g	85	20.1 g	0.5 g	0 g
3 oz	85 g	72	17.1 g	0.4 g	0 g

Compared with other tuna, shrimp and sardines

Food	kcal / 100 g	Protein / 100 g	Per serving
Canned tuna in water	86	19.4 g	73 kcal · 3 oz
Raw yellowfin tuna	109	24.4 g	93 kcal · 3 oz
Raw shrimp	85	20.1 g	72 kcal · 3 oz
Cooked shrimp	99	24 g	84 kcal · 3 oz
Canned sardines in oil	208	24.6 g	59 kcal · 1 oz

The tuna, shrimp and sardines rows exist in more than one state because water moves during cooking: this is the raw row. Weigh the food in the state you log and pick the row that matches — the calories don’t change in the pan, the grams do. The mechanics are in cooked vs raw weights.

Other tables in finfish and shellfish products

The same numbers for the foods this one usually shares a plate — or a shopping list — with.

Questions about raw shrimp

How many calories are in raw shrimp?: Raw shrimp: 85 kcal per 100 g. 3 oz (85 g) is 72 kcal with 17.1 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 175179, "Crustaceans, shrimp, raw".
How much protein is in raw shrimp?: Raw shrimp has 20.1 g of protein per 100 g and 17.1 g per 3 oz (85 g). That is 23.6 g of protein per 100 kcal — a high-protein food by any standard.
Should tuna, shrimp and sardines be weighed raw or cooked?: Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the raw row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

How calorie.one logs it

Type “raw shrimp” into calorie.one and the app matches this exact record — “Crustaceans, shrimp, raw” — estimates the grams, and shows the line with its USDA label. You correct the amount; the per-100 g figure is never guessed. That split between recognition and arithmetic is the whole methodology. For the numbers in context, read How much protein do you need per day?.