Australians consume 18.5 million eggs every day and farmers work around the clock to supply a range of eggs and egg products to suit everyone. Find out more about Australia's growing egg industry below.
Australian egg farmers produce 16.9 million eggs every day to feed the nation, which equates to 6.2 billion eggs each year! They're simply trying to keep up with demand, with Australians consuming approximately 247 eggs per person per year (up from 221 just 6 years ago).
New statistics released by Australian Eggs today also show average consumption in Australia has risen to 245 eggs per person per year.
To celebrate World Egg Day, egg lovers across Australia have also revealed their favourite ways to eat eggs. Eggs are a popular choice in Australia – 93 per cent of households eat eggs with 63 per cent describing themselves as egg lovers.
About Egg Farming
Australian egg farmers produce 16.9 million eggs every day to feed the nation, which is 6.2 billion eggs each year.
Australians use a couple of other colloquial words for a hen's egg. The Australian English word googie or goog is an informal term that dates from the 1880s. It derives from British dialect goggy, a child's word for an egg. A closer parallel to the jocular bum nut, however, is the word cackleberry.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand's Response
The statement continues to say that refrigerating whole eggs is not required because: The Salmonella bacteria which can contaminate an egg while it's inside the bird isn't present in Australian eggs.
There are lots of people who enjoy consuming eggs, but there is one country that consumes more eggs than just about any other place on Earth. Per person, Japan consumes the most eggs every year. The average person in Japan eats about 320 eggs per year.
Numerous factors are contributing to the shortage, but essentially it is a case of demand outstripping supply. According to Egg Farmers of Australia, in recent years the industry has been impacted by a range of issues including bushfires, floods, droughts, a mice plague, COVID-19 impacts and increased production costs.
Based on a comparison of 157 countries in 2013, China ranked the highest in egg consumption with 81,658 kt followed by USA and India. On the other end of the scale was Djibouti with 0.304 kt, Guyana with 0.780 kt and Guinea Bissau with 1.17 kt.
Eating eggs in moderation, about 4 to 6 eggs per week, is acceptable, even for people with high cholesterol, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Research shows that people who eat eggs in moderation don't show an increase in their cholesterol levels compared to those who eliminate eggs completely from their diet.
There is no specific number of eggs that a person should eat as part of a healthy diet. Experts once considered eggs to be an unhealthy food source in terms of high cholesterol and heart problem concerns. The fact that egg yolk contains a high level of cholesterol was the primary cause of this belief.
Egg washing is not required in Australia, but sale of dirty eggs is prohibited by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ). Storing washed eggs below 7°C can help reduce the ability of Salmonella to grow.
Three eggs a day is perfectly fine to eat, but it is important to look at the rest of the diet. If your background diet is high in saturated fat this can affect the degree to which blood cholesterol is increased when more dietary cholesterol is eaten.
SINGAPORE: If there is one thing Singapore diners really love – it is eggs. In 2020, our per capita consumption was 388 eggs, up from 307 eggs in 2011.
The main egg colour available in Australia is brown, although a small number of farms also sell white eggs. While many people assume brown eggs are more natural and therefore healthier, that's not the case. Brown hens lay brown eggs, white hens lay white eggs, and they both have the same nutritional profile.
Winter affects free-range production
Producing free-range eggs is more expensive not just because it requires more land. Free-range hens are less consistent layers. Hens kept in cages or barns are more regular producers because conditions are optimised to stimulate laying.
It is illegal in Australia to receive payment for egg donation, but the person who receives the eggs will cover the costs of the treatment cycle where your eggs are retrieved.
Eggs (蛋, dàn) are SO intertwined with Chinese gastronomic culture. It would be hard to imagine Chinese food without them. Since time immemorial, China has been nestling eggs into dishes across the modest-to-grand spectrum.
But there is considerable variation in egg consumption between countries, Mr Van Horne said. Leading the world are Japan and Mexico, where people eat 337 and 368 eggs each every year respectively. South Africa is an example of a country where consumption is lower – just 130 eggs/year.
Husbandry and hygiene practices in Europe
In Europe, it is unlawful to wash eggs because this process is believed to damage an outside layer of the egg shell known as the cuticle, making it easier for bacteria to penetrate the inside of an egg.
British authorities actually discourage refrigerating eggs on the theory that chilling and then warming could create condensation, which would allow salmonella to penetrate the shell.
Refrigerated eggs should not be left out for more than two hours.
American farms wash eggs to strip the cuticle, or outer protective layer, which prevents contamination outside the shell. Without the cuticle, eggs must be refrigerated to combat bacterial infection from inside. In Europe, it's illegal to wash eggs and instead, farms vaccinate chickens against salmonella.