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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A survey of 2,000 UK parents suggests children will eat more than eight chocolate eggs next Easter, six times the amount of real eggs they will eat over the Easter weekend – yet four out of 10 children do not know why eggs are linked to Easter. More than half of those surveyed said their...

Millions of kids haven’t got a clue why we celebrate Easter or eat eggs to mark the occasion, a study revealed yesterday. Researchers found that a staggering 53 per cent have no idea why we traditionally mark the Easter period. Almost 30 per cent think it’s to celebrate the Easter Bunny’s...

Eating an egg or more a day can boost health and support weight loss The humble egg should be considered a ‘superfood’ thanks to its incredible ability to boost health and even help tackle obesity, scientists have announced following important new research. The new study, to be published...

The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has welcomed the outcome of Keith Owen’s trial. The BEIC takes any allegation of wrongdoing extremely seriously and has fully supported investigators since it was made aware of the allegations regarding Heart of England Eggs in November 2006. Once...