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Whats the orange stuff in shrimp heads?

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Hepatopancreas Some people might be lured by the orange coloring found on a shrimp head that represents the shrimp's hepatopancreas, the equivalent of tomalley on crabs and lobsters. This is actually where most of the shrimp flavor is.

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