EGG RESEARCH STUDIES

Angel Food Cake

Angel food cake may be a small niche in the larger dessert category, but cake sales are growing at an astonishing…

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Blueberry Muffin

Muffins and donuts totaled 48 percent of packaged sweet snack sales according to NACS data, with blueberry one of the most…

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Brownie

Desserts account for half of in-store bakery sales, with brownies/dessert bars showing the highest sales growth in recent years…

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Research Conclusion

Angel Food Cake

The areas of angel food cake quality most negatively affected when eggs are removed and/or replaced, included batter specific gravity, appearance, height, flavor and overall likability.

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Blueberry Muffin

The areas of muffin quality most negatively affected when eggs are removed and/or replaced included batter viscosity, color/appearance and most importantly, baked good flavor and texture.

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Brownie

The areas of brownie quality most negatively affected when eggs were removed and/or replaced included height, appearance, aroma, texture and most significantly, flavor.

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Cheesecake

In overall likeability, the control cheesecake, made with whole eggs, scored the highest of all the tests.

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Chocolate Chip Cookie

Overall, changes in quality from the reduction or removal of egg products in chocolate chip cookies are slight but noticeable.

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Frozen Custard

The areas of frozen custard quality most negatively affected when eggs were removed and/or replaced included viscosity, overrun, color, texture, flavor and overall impression.

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Frozen Waffle

The areas of waffle quality most negatively affected when eggs are removed and/or replaced included batter viscosity, waffle appearance, color, aroma and flavor.

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Mayonnaise

The areas of mayonnaise quality most negatively affected when eggs are removed and/or replaced, included emulsion stability, appearance, color and flavor.

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Noodle

The areas of noodle quality most negatively affected when egg whites were removed and/or replaced, included dough quality, broth and noodle appearance, aroma, flavor and to some degree, texture.

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Nougat

The areas of nougat quality most negatively affected when egg whites are removed and/or replaced included appearance, color, height, texture, flavor and overall likability.

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Pumpkin Pie Filling

The areas of pie filling quality most negatively affected when eggs are removed and/or replaced, included unbaked filling viscosity, baked pie appearance and firmness.

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Sponge Cake

The areas of sponge cake quality most negatively affected when eggs are removed and/or replaced included batter viscosity, color/appearance and texture.

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Sugar Cookie

The areas of sugar cookie quality most negatively affected when eggs are removed and/or replaced included the color/appearance, aroma, flavor and texture.

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Sweet Dough

The egg replacer formulas were never fully developed after mixing completion and were overly dry, indicating egg replacers may interfere with gluten development and moisture content.

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Yellow Batter Cake

The tests concluded that no one single egg replacer performed as well as or better than real eggs in yellow batter cake.

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