How to know if an egg is fresh and optimal for consumption 🥚🍳🐣

Good morning dear friends of the community !!!


Many of us regularly go to the supermarket to buy eggs and when we get home to prepare breakfast or any other meal, we are in for the unpleasant surprise that the eggs are damaged.

In addition to the inconvenience, the lost money, the damaged prescription or, even more serious, the health problems caused by bacteria such as salmonella; many of us do not have the slightest idea of ​​how to detect if they are damaged or not, in this article I will help you not to happen anymore, and I will teach you techniques to become an expert buying healthy and optimal eggs for consumption .


Before going into techniques so that you learn how to choose excellent hen poses, I want you to know what the characteristics of a healthy egg are, among which are:

-Shell of uniform color, non-porous and without spots. Experts of the matter assure that the dark spots on the shells are due to the chickens getting stressed.

-The egg white must be transparent and gelatinous; If the white becomes liquid, we are in the presence of a bad egg.

-The yolk should be bright and firm yellow. -It must not have a bad smell and the content must be free of green or dark spots.


In addition to these aspects to consider, it is important that the eggs you plan to buy do not undergo constant temperature changes, it is recommended that they be kept in the fridge so that they retain their freshness and do not produce and develop bacteria such as salmonella, it is ideal that they are consumed within a month after leaving the hen, if it exceeds this period the eggs lose their nutritional value and possibly already begin to be damaged.


There are ways that allow us to know the quality of a chicken stance that you are going to consume, I will tell you how to know if:

a) You are at the supermarket:

If you are still in the supermarket buying eggs, use the following techniques to find out where and how fresh they are.

- First, view the code printed on the egg or on the packaging, this coding goes from 1 0 to 3 and indicates the following:

• 0 organic egg (comes from a hen raised outdoors).

• 1 free-range egg (comes from a free-range hen and goes outdoors)

• 2 free-range egg (comes from a chicken raised in a fully roofed pen)

• 3 cage eggs (comes from a cage-raised hen)


This coding reflects the type of egg and the chicken of origin, it is very useful especially for people who eat organic food, to know what type of egg they buy.

- Another simple technique, if you are still in the supermarket, is to take several eggs from the carton at random, and shake them gently, if it is heavy, it will be indicative that they are healthy and have no air inside, if on the contrary, they are Light weight is a sign that they may be damaged.


b) If you are at home:

If you are already at home, you have other methods to detect if this food may be damaged or not.

-The first technique is to place the egg in salty water (88% water and 12% salt), if it is fresh it will go to the bottom, on the contrary if it floats, it is a sign that the egg is old and out of the 10 days of leaving the chicken.


-The second technique consists of placing the egg in front of a light bulb, when the translucent is seen it will indicate whether the egg is ready for consumption, a defined yolk should be observed, and a clear uniform and without abnormalities.


Friends !!! As you can see in my article, buying fresh eggs is not a game, my desire with this publication is that you learn how to buy this food and thus avoid inconvenience, unnecessary costs and possible diseases.

I hope you like my article, thanks for reading.

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