I’ve never tried “liquid eggs” (industry term: breaker eggs), but I see them used quite a bit at charity breakfasts I attend. I do recall having powdered (dehydrated) eggs, which have been around for more than a hundred years.
My experience was on Scout trips – the eggs were pretty awful. So I set out to do my home experience, and picked up a pint carton of Food Club (TopCo) brand “Great Egg0-Spectations.” The carton promises “contains 99% real egg product. (See full ingredient list at the end of this post).
I can see why they use these at the mass breakfasts, or in commercial bakeries and restaurants. Speed, little waste, consistent product. (As you know, “fresh” eggs can vary in taste and size).
So these were a buck. The carton contains the equivalent of eight eggs. 3 T equal 1 egg. A reason for buying them would not be value, certainly at any store in any given week, you can find at least one brand at around 50 cents a dozen. Of course, you can pay up to $6 a dozen from the same display case, and obviously, people must buy them or they wouldn’t be there, but I sure don’t get the idea of $6 eggs.
I assumed I could use the product as I would fresh eggs, so I set out to make scrambled eggs, adding a dollop of milk to my mix, cooking them in a non-stick skilled at medium heat. They turned out just fine. Tasted like…………….spoiler alert……………scrambled eggs!
Food Club brand is part of Topco, which is based in suburban Chicago, and started as a co-op of producers in the 1940s. They sell thousands of different products (frozen, refrigerated and dry) under their own brand names, to a wide variety of retailers. They also produce their products in three different value segments, from a economy type product to an added value kind.
My conclusion is that liquid eggs are tasty and convenient. Would I buy them again? Nah, like I said above, I really don’t “get it” for home use. Plus the carton instructs you to use in a week, and most people keep fresh eggs around for weeks without a care. If you’re really concerned with product longevity, powdered eggs can last 5-10 years, depending on the brand and storage method.
Do you use liquid eggs at home? How do you use them? Do you have a preferred brand?
INGREDIENTS
EGG WHITES (99%), LESS THAN 1%: NATURAL FLAVOR, COLOR (INCLUDES BETA CAROTENE), SPICES, SALT, ONION POWDER, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, VITAMINS AND MINERALS: CALCIUM SULFATE, IRON (FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE), VITAMIN E (ALPHA TOCOPHEROL ACETATE), ZINC SULFATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, VITAMIN B12, VITAMIN B2 (RIBOFLAVIN), VITAMIN B1 (THIAMINE MONONITRATE), VITAMIN B6 (PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE), FOLIC ACID, BIOTIN, VITAMIN D3.
Food Club Liquid Eggs Review
I used to think they were fine, at least on egg sandwiches, and I might still not totally mind them on one (although the last liquid-egg sandwich I can remember having, an egg and cheese biscuit from a McDonald’s in, I think, South Dakota last summer, was not something I liked very much).
When they’re scrambled I’m really not into them at all, and they’re the one thing I wish more of the cheaper hotel chains would get rid of and replace with actual scrambled eggs. I don’t usually like cereal or anything else that’s sweet for breakfast, so I often end up having to choose between some type of bread, bacon or sausage (which I rarely eat), and these terrible scrambled liquid eggs that even Tabasco doesn’t do that much for.
I used to think they were fine, at least on egg sandwiches, and I might still not totally mind them on one (although the last liquid-egg sandwich I can remember having, an egg and cheese biscuit from a McDonald’s in, I think, South Dakota last summer, was not something I liked very much).
When they’re scrambled I’m really not into them at all, and they’re the one thing I wish more of the cheaper hotel chains would get rid of and replace with actual scrambled eggs. I don’t usually like cereal or anything else that’s sweet for breakfast, so I often end up having to choose between some type of bread, bacon or sausage (which I rarely eat), and these terrible scrambled liquid eggs that even Tabasco doesn’t do that much for.