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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has for the first time set values for a recommended daily intake of choline, a little-known but essential nutrient that’s particularly important for pregnant women and babies. This is good news for egg lovers - eggs are one of the few dietary...

The next stage of a new UK study looking into the potential for improving health in later life by increasing the number of eggs you eat is set to start this month. The findings will be announced next year. The intervention study aims to increase protein intake by increasing egg consumption...

The British Lion eggs Instagram account Eggrecipes’ following has tripled in less than six months following the launch of a range of new recipe videos, a link with Instagram star, Lottie Murphy, and inspiring egg dish images, as well as an effective online advertising campaign which...

British Egg Week takes place from October 10-17 this year, with the theme ‘Put an Egg On It’ set to encourage consumers to experiment with eating eggs in more unusual ways. As part of the celebrations, British Lion eggs is staging an egg themed street food takeover at leading venue Hawker...

The draft report on UK egg safety by a specialist sub-group of the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF) has been approved by the full ACMSF committee following a three-month consultation period. The report was the result of a year-long review to assess...

A new review and a meta-analysis have highlighted changing perceptions about the health benefits of eggs, and provided possible explanations for the link between egg consumption and diabetes. A review published in the May issue of The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, posed the...

British Lion eggs has launched a series of ten super quick egg recipes videos to appeal to devotees of the “foodporn” craze online and on social media. The social media videos have been produced to inspire people with quick and tasty egg dishes. Recipes in the series include classics like...

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...