A process for the preparation of a shrimp product includes the steps of: (a) preparing first and second raw shrimps; (b) decapitating and removing all of the shell from the first raw shrimp; (c) decapitating and removing all but a tail segment of the shell from the second raw shrimp; (d) forming a cutting slit in a head portion of the second raw shrimp; (e) extending a tail portion of the peeled first raw shrimp into the cutting slit in the head portion of the second raw shrimp; (f) applying an edible binder to the contact area between the head portion of the peeled second raw shrimp and the tail portion of the peeled first raw shrimp so as to bind the first and second raw shrimps together to form a composite product; and (g) freezing the composite product.