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A new research paper shows that eggs now contain more than 70% more vitamin D than when they were last officially analysed 30 years ago as well as double the amount of selenium. For the first time levels of choline and omega 3 fatty acids in UK eggs have also been quantified, with the data...

A hundred lucky winners are receiving a copy of the new cookery book Take a Box of Eggs after a competition to mark British Egg Week offered the nation a chance to win eggcellent prizes. Not lucky this time? Click here if you’re scrambling to get hold of a copy.

Our competition to win a fantastic Take a Box of Eggs recipe book closes on 31 October, so for your chance to win, visit www.britisheggweek.com and enter our free prize draw!

British Lion egg processors are urging food manufacturers and retailers to reconsider their purchasing policies following another outbreak of salmonella caused by imported liquid egg. Ian Jones, spokesman for British Lion Egg Processors, said: “This is the second time we’ve seen salmonella...

October 12th is World Egg Day – so join egg lovers around the world and get cracking with some of these tasty dishes from across the globe. Eggs, nature’s original fast food, can be cooked in so many delicious ways – you can start World Egg Day with Curried Scrambled Eggs, enjoy a Japanese...

A person’s favourite way of eating eggs can predict their personality type, their job and even their sex drive, researchers have discovered. Using sophisticated maths and a process known as data mining, scientists have uncovered a statistical relationship between a person’s character...

Xfm radio presenter Danny Wallace compared the virtues of eggs and potatoes during the Breakfast Show today (2 October), in honour of British Egg Week and Potato Week, 1-7 October. We agree that eggs and potatoes are a great combination and with input from Potato Council we have selected...

New research* suggests that a generation is growing up without knowing how to cook eggs – but help is at hand with a new cookbook being launched for British Egg Week (1-7 October). “Take a box of eggs” features more than 100 recipes ranging from the basics of boiling, poaching and frying...

21/08/2012 This August Bank Holiday will see families across the country enjoy one of our favourite picnic ingredients – the great British egg! The versatile egg is the perfect choice for picnics - whether in salads, quiches or made into a scotch egg. And they're nutritious too, containing...

Response to Canadian research published in Atherosclerosis The British Egg Information Service questions the conclusion of this research as it is not clear if the alleged link is causal or an unrelated association. Key points are: The researchers behind the Canadian study did not take into...