General chemical compositions,amino acids,fatty acids and minerals of white shrimp head and shell were comparatively studied.The results showed that moisture content was very high in both shrimp head and shell,which amounted to 78.44% and 75.15% respectively.Both of shrimp head and shell were rich in protein,ash and chitin.By wet weight,the content of these compositions was 6.38%,3.62% and 3.33% respectively in shrimp head,and 5.22%,5.30% and 6.67% in shrimp shell.In shrimp head,the content of fat,total sug...