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At Sun Shrimp, we breed our own shrimp. How do you figure out how to breed the best shrimp possible? If we were raising dogs, it would be pretty easy to know the different types because it is obvious to see the difference between a Yorkie and a Bulldog. With shrimp we are using thousands of different families as well. How do we keep these families separated, so we can breed the best ones? DNA! While all shrimp may look alike, when we analyze their DNA, we can find out who their parents are, what family they belong to, and...

n recent years, the idea of fish farming has grown as another crop for North American farmers or to replace one that has been lost, such as tobacco. Past farmed raised saltwater shrimp was limited to coastal areas but now has branched off into the Midwest where the consumer only had one choice and that was imported saltwater shrimp. On that note, did you know that 90 percent of the shrimp that hits your table is imported?

Large and Jumbo Sun Shrimp are the perfect size. If you care about taste, quality, wholesomeness, nutrition and sustainability, stick with Sun Shrimp. they may not be colossal, but what they lack for in size they easily make up for in every other quality.

Many customers comment that when they cook Sun Shrimp for the first time, that the shrimp have such a deep red color when cooked. They rightfully ask why? One of the main reasons our Sun Shrimp have such a nice deep red color is because we provide them a huge amount of algae, and encourage the establishment of biofloc - water teeming with all kinds of organisms - in our tanks. The shrimp are able to consume the algae and biofloc and these sources are where they get many of the nutrients required for optimum health and nice deep red...