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A new consumer research analysis has revealed that the key driver for the recent growth in egg consumption is that they are meeting the consumer requirements for health and quick/easy. Pernille Fladsrud of Kantar Worldpanel Usage commented: “The resurgence in egg consumption has been...

New research has revealed that retail egg sales have continued to show significant growth in the first quarter of 2016, following several years of positive growth. Retail egg sales (volume) has increased by +4%, the equivalent of around 49m eggs, compared to the same period last year...

A new recipe booklet full of inspirational egg meals is being distributed to more than 40,000 people in the April issue of BBC Easy Cook. The #EggCentric Inspirational Egg Meals booklet features six mouth-watering fresh meal ideas, including cha han, a Japanese inspired fried rice recipe...

The link between eggs and Easter is well known, including the Christian tradition of fasting through Lent, which resulted in a lots of eggs ready to be eaten on Easter Sunday. Chocolate eggs may get the limelight these days, but the natural hen's egg is rich in vitamin D, is a good source...

The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has welcomed the consultation announced today by the Food Standards Agency on the recent report on UK egg safety by the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). The BEIC is urging the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to amend its...

A new research paper, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, has found that eating an egg a day is not linked to increased risk of coronary heart disease. About 20% of people in European populations carry a gene called apoprotein E4 (apo E4) which is associated with...

British Lion eggs safe for all, says Government advisors A new report by Government food safety advisors, presented today (Friday 29 January), has concluded that British Lion eggs can safely be eaten runny, even by pregnant women, babies and elderly people. The report recommends that the...

British Lion Eggs are predicting that more people will be ‘going to work on an egg’ during this year’s Breakfast Week (24-30 January 2016) than in previous years’ celebrations. Latest figures show that retail egg sales have risen by 22% in the last seven years. In 2015 we ate around 33m...

Top chef, Neil Rankin, and TV and radio presenter Jenni Falconer, have signed up to be British Lion eggs ambassadors for 2016, joining TV celebrity and fitness entrepreneur Lucy Mecklenburgh. Neil Rankin, whose London restaurant Bad Egg opened in 2015, has developed a #EggCentric recipe...

The latest dietary advice for Americans outlined in the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans has removed a daily limit on dietary cholesterol and includes eggs in all three recommended healthy eating patterns, which have been shown to reduce the risk of major chronic health conditions...