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New research from Cambridge University has found that going to work on an egg may be sound advice, as scientists have discovered that egg proteins help us stay awake and alert during the working day. The study, published in the November 17 issue of the journal Neuron, suggests a cellular...

An eggcellent competition to win cookery gadget vouchers worth £20 saw hundreds of entrants hunt for the hidden Lion on www.britisheggweek.com, the site featuring egg recipes from top chefs. The recipes were donated to celebrate British Egg Week which took place this Autumn. The five lucky...

British Lion eggs are launching a new ‘Egg recipes’ app to help egg fans avoid cooking disasters while on the go. The ‘Egg recipes’ app, contains over 150 recipes including favourite egg dishes from celebrity chefs, Marcus Wareing, Atul Kochhar and Gary Rhodes. The app also enables the...

Prime Minister David Cameron is being urged to take tough action and ban imports into the UK of ‘illegal’ eggs from European battery farmed hens from 1 January 2012 or risk crippling the UK egg industry. The stark message comes today at the beginning of British Egg Week (October 10 to 16)...

Top British chefs, including Marcus Wareing, Gary Rhodes and Tom Aikens, have donated their favourite egg recipes to show their support for the British egg industry as it approaches an important deadline. The chefs are joining forces to celebrate this versatile ingredient during British...

Comment from Dr Carrie Ruxton, nutrition consultant to the British Egg Information Service, on the Harvard School of Public Health study: This is an observational study attempting to test for ‘cause and effect’ when it is not designed to do so. With this type of study, it is impossible to...

The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has welcomed the Report of the Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee into the implications of the Welfare of Laying Hens Directive on the UK egg industry. The report echoed the BEIC’s call for an intra-community ban on the export...

British Lion eggs have launched a new website, ‘ www.eggsforaction.com’, targeting fitness fans with inspiring new healthy recipes and tips on what those with an active lifestyle should be eating. Eggsforaction.com brings together expert nutritional advice from sports nutritionist Anita...

Picnics are the perfect way to celebrate the arrival of summer, and this August Bank Holiday will see thousands of families across the country enjoy Britain’s top picnic ingredient – the great British egg! The versatile egg is the perfect choice for picnics -whether in salads, quiches or...

The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has issued a warning to caterers to look for the British Lion mark in light of new Health Protection Agency reports of salmonella associated with Spanish eggs. In the latest of a long line of food poisoning outbreaks associated with imported eggs...