Sweetness of shrimp is related to glycine.32
Sweetness of the extract from shrimp cultured in
sea water was significantly higher than that of
shrimp from low salinity water (P < 0.05), which
may be associated with higher levels of glycine
in the extract from sea water-reared shrimp. The
samples reared in sea water exhibited higher
umami than did those from low salinity water
(P < 0.05), possibly because of higher levels of
glutamate, IMP and GMP in the sample from sea
water. IMP and GMP not only assume umami, but
also enhance the umami of glutamate.30