What is an artificial egg?

The eggshell of artificial eggs is mainly formed by adding calcium carbonate and other raw materials to the mold; Egg white is made by adding sodium alginate to water to create a solution, and then stirring constantly; The main ingredient of egg yolk is also sodium alginate liquid, which is made by adding pigments such as tartrazine, putting it into a mold, and then coagulating it in calcium chloride solution. The production cost of artificial eggs is only about 25% of the selling price, so it has been banned repeatedly. It is found in Beijing, Shandong, Guangdong and other places.

Artificial eggs not only have no nutritional value, but long-term consumption can lead to serious consequences such as memory loss and dementia. Artificial eggs are similar in appearance, color, and weight to real eggs, but they don't have the fishy smell that eggs should have. After the artificial egg is cooked, the yolk is not crushed and is very elastic.

General consumers can distinguish the authenticity of eggs by the following methods: artificial egg shells are brighter, real egg shells are rougher; Since the water will spill out of the coagulant, there will be a sound when shaking; There is no fishy smell of real eggs; The sound of fake eggs is muffled when tapping; Once opened, the yolk and egg white will melt together; When beating poached eggs, the egg yolks and egg whites will turn yellow in the pan.

Artificial eggs, as the name suggests, are eggs that are synthesized from other raw materials. It has been reported that calcium carbonate is the main component of the shells of artificial eggs and real eggs, but artificial eggs also contain a small amount of gypsum. The composition of egg whites and yolks is very different from that of real eggs, and the main ingredients in artificial eggs are chemicals such as resin, starch, coagulants, and pigments, while egg yolks are made of pigments and resins.

Although these substances enter the human body and have little effect on the human body, eating too much can hurt the stomach. According to relevant people in the industry, to identify artificial eggs, first of all, from the eggshell, the eggshell of "artificial eggs" is particularly smooth, and it can be found that the egg white is not viscous, and it is easy to mix with the egg yolk, and it smells of a chemical agent. Real eggs smell fishy.

According to reports, artificial eggs cost 5 cents per egg, the lowest price is 2 jiao, and 1 person produces about 1,500 per day. According to insiders, the shell of artificial eggs is made of calcium carbonate, and the yolk and egg white are made of sodium alginate, alum, gelatin, edible calcium chloride plus water, pigments, etc. The method is to pour a certain amount of sodium sea bath acid into a basin of warm water and stir it into a protein-like object, mix it well with gelatin, and then add sodium benzoate, alum and other chemicals to mix it to make a protein, and the egg yolk is just to add some lemon yellow pigment, and then add calcium chloride to mix and pour into the mold to form an egg shape, producing a film of egg, and the egg shell is made of paraffin, gypsum powder, calcium carbonate, etc.

Artificial eggs are used in chemical ingredients, mainly using the calcification of sodium alginate, at most a gel, in which alum, gelatin, etc. are usually only used as food additives, auxiliaries, and the national standards for the use and dosage of additives have clear regulations, but in artificial eggs have become the main ingredient, there is no benefit to the human body, and the nutritional perspective is not the same as that of real eggs. At the same time, relevant experts pointed out that calcium chloride is also divided into food grade and industrial grade, and the same is true for pigments, and these artificial egg manufacturers are underground factories, and it is difficult to say what raw materials these factories use. Hazards:

Artificial eggs have no egg taste, and studies have found that long-term consumption will cause brain memory decline, dementia, etc. How to identify artificial eggs 1,"Artificial eggs"There are signs of perforation at both ends of the eggshell. 2. When shaking"Artificial eggs"There will be a rattle because of the water spilling out of the coagulant. 3、"Artificial eggs"Soon after opening, the egg yolk and egg white will melt together, because the egg yolk and egg white are made of homogeneous raw materials; 4. When beating poached eggs, the egg yolk and egg white will be yellow in the pot.

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Artificial eggs: Eggs made synthetically by chemicals.