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Interactive book cracks microwave cooking

Students living away from home for the first time this autumn will now be able to create delicious egg recipes at the ping of a button. A new online microwave recipe booklet is being launched by British Lion eggs on www.eggrecipes.co.uk along with a competition to win Bosch microwaves...

British Lion eggs announces first TV sponsorship

British Lion eggs are to return to TV for the first time in three years with the sponsorship of Ten Mile Menus, a new celebrity cookery show airing on ITV1 at the end of July. The campaign, worth an estimated £250,000, is the first TV sponsorship undertaken by the egg industry. Eight...

Perfect picnics with eggs

British summertime means picnics and people across the country are grabbing picnic hampers now the good weather has arrived. And Britain’s top picnic ingredient is the humble egg. Whether it’s a simple egg sandwich, a summer quiche or a scotch egg, great British picnics are made with great...

On-farm stamping of Lion eggs - update

All British Lion caged eggs are now marked on farm with the producer establishment number, which shows the system of production, country of origin and the farm where the eggs were laid. Most Lion free range, barn and organic eggs will also be marked with the unique code on farm by the end...

Celebrity chef fronts British Egg Week campaign

TV chef Paul Merrett will be helping people to find ‘Time for Eggs’ in preparation for British Egg Week (4-10 October). Paul Merrett, well known for showing how to cut food bills on BBC’s Economy Gastronomy, has developed a new range of delicious recipes made with British Lion eggs...

Practice nurses find time for eggs

Hundreds of health professionals will be finding out about the latest advice on egg nutrition at an exhibition this weekend (25-26 June). The Royal College of Nursing’s (RCN) annual conference reflects the very latest advances in patient care and policy. British Lion eggs is exhibiting to...

Father's Day breakfast

Father’s Day is just around the corner and British Lion eggs have come up with a delicious breakfast especially for Dad. This nutritionally balanced recipe will provide the perfect start to the day,­ and with health experts having lifted the previous limits on egg consumption, you can...

New recipes offer value for money

Looking for quick and easy recipes on a budget? Help is at hand with a new range of recipes added to the recipe section of the Egg Recipes website. The collection includes a quick recipe for Corned Beef and Egg Hash, Spaghetti with Egg and Veg, a modern version of classic Eggy Bread and a...

Lifting the Limits Leaflets

Almost a quarter of a million leaflets giving the facts about eggs and cholesterol are being distributed to 6,000 GP surgeries nationwide. The ‘Lifting the Limits’ leaflet features advice from Dr Hilary Jones on cholesterol as well as the very latest information about eggs and nutrition...

Slimmer flips a winner

A slimmer from Guildford has proven she has the ‘Eggs Factor’ by winning a national competition to find the UK’s best low calorie egg recipe. Sue Warner’s Egg Flip & Potato Pie was voted as the favourite recipe in the competition by thousands of Slimming World members, via their website...