Market Forms
of Eggs
● Market Forms of Eggs
Vocabulary Words:
Pasteurization – The process of removing
harmful bacteria using heat to extend shelf life.
Dehydration – Removing water content
through drying and processing.
Blast Freezing – Blowing cold air to remove
heat from food item and cooling it quickly to
freezing point.
● Market Forms of Eggs
Fresh Frozen Dried
● Market Forms of Eggs
Fresh Frozen Dried
- Used in common and - Frozen eggs are shelled, - The process of
complex recipes. beaten, and stored in dehydration or removing
- Do not undergo any plastic containers. water content to safe
further process and are - These frozen eggs can levels for storage.
sold in the market. last for 6 to 12 months as - Dried or dehydrated eggs
- Delivers after two to long as kept frozen. are processed using a
- Freezing eggs with shell dehydrator to remove
three days after it has
must be cleaned moisture.
been laid.
thoroughly to prevent - Dried eggs are then
- Usually sit in the
contaminating the egg crushed to powder form
shelves of wet markets with salmonella during with salt added to be
for a week or more. the freezing process. preserved for a longer
- Comes in two colors, shelf life.
white and brown eggs
● Market Forms of Eggs
Fresh Frozen Dried
- The color depends on - Frozen eggs are - Dried eggs in powder
the hen’s pigment as the uncommon in the
form are used in
shell develops. Philippine market
- Eggs vary depending on - Commonly blended as baking and can be
the type of environment it shelled eggs tend to have rehydrated by adding
is laid, the food given to to yolk deteriorate in water to prepare egg
quality.
and the vitamins taken
- Blast freezing eggs is one
dishes.
by the hen - Powdered egg is
way of preserving eggs
- Eggs undergo - Can be used for boiled uncommon in the
pasteurization to eggs or fried egg tempura.
decrease health risk to Philippine market
With proper thawing,
consumers. frozen eggs can be used in
- Brown eggs and white any normal egg dish
eggs
Why it is important to
familiarize the different
market forms of egg?
Generalization:
● Market Forms of Eggs
Familiarizing the different
market forms of egg will
help us to choose the
appropriate eggs needed
for a particular dish.
Additional Uses of Eggs
Knowing the different facts
about eggs will help us
realize how important it is to
be part in our daily diet and
as well as for other purposes.
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