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Egg sales have topped six billion for the first time since modern records began, with soaring sales confirming British shoppers’ growing love affair with eggs. The latest figures show a 4.8% increase in sales volume on the same period in 2016 (52 w/e 18 June 2017*), which is the equivalent...

Details of a new study encouraging older people to increase their protein intake by eating more eggs are being presented at this year’s prestigious Nutrition Society conference. The PhD study, part-sponsored by the British Egg Industry Council (BEIC), is being undertaken at Bournemouth...

A study published in the American journal Pediatrics entitled ‘Eggs in Early Complementary Feeding and Child Growth: A Randomized Controlled Trial’ has found that eggs are a good source of nutrients for growth and development in children in Ecuador. The researchers hypothesized that...

Millions of Brits will be settling down to watch the first test between the British and Irish Lions and the New Zealand All Blacks on 24 June. And with the tests taking place early in the morning, it’s the perfect time to kick the day off with a tasty, protein filled egg breakfast...

This Father’s Day (18 June) British Lion eggs is helping you give the dad of the year, the breakfast of the year, with a healthy alternative to the traditional fry up. If you are looking for a way to treat your dad this Father’s Day, but want to whip up something a little bit healthier...

Nutrition experts say that Brits are being seduced by new ‘superfoods’ championed by online influencers, wrongly believing they are more nutritious than less expensive everyday foods such as eggs. Most people surveyed thought eggs contain fewer vitamins and minerals than fashionable foods...

A new research review has concluded that the humble egg’s unique combination of high quality protein and essential vitamins and minerals means it should be termed ‘Nature’s multivitamin’. The research review, to be published in the June issue of Complete Nutrition, highlights the growing...

More than twice as many real eggs than chocolate eggs were eaten over the Easter weekend, according to data estimates released by the British Egg Industry Council. It is estimated that around 80m chocolate Easter eggs are sold in the run up to Easter. However, consumption of real eggs is...