How to eat eggs and how to store them. Stay healthy and safe!

Eggs are a collection of nutrients and are therefore called a complete food.  The whites and yolks contain both fat and protein.  However, nutritional benefits and losses may vary depending on how you eat and store eggs.  Depending on how you eat it or store it, its health benefits may decrease or increase.  Let's look at four ways to maximize the nutritional benefits of eggs and eat and store them healthier.

How to eat eggs and how to store them. Stay healthy and safe!

References

• March 17, 2024 Korea’s Gaji News
• February 20, 2024 Korea’s Health Chosun
• January 30, 2024 Korea’s Health Chosun
• January 12, 2023 Korea’s Money Today

How to eat and store eggs 1. Be careful when storing eggs

• After purchase, keep refrigerated at 0℃~4℃ (AA grade eggs will deteriorate to B grade after 3 days at 37.2℃, 9 days at 23.9℃, and 25 days at 15.6C)
• Store eggs with the pointed part facing down (egg shells have pores that allow air to pass in and out, but if you point the pointed part down, the egg can breathe and stay fresh longer).
• Store eggs not on the refrigerator door, but inside the refrigerator (the refrigerator door is farthest from the cooler, and when opened, it has the most contact with outdoor air and is at the highest temperature, increasing the possibility of growth of microorganisms such as salmonella).
• Keep the egg steady (if the egg is shaken, the string holding the yolk to the center of the egg becomes loose and the internal structure is damaged, the freshness of the egg decreases)

How to eat eggs and how to store them. Stay healthy and safe!

How to eat and store eggs 2. Be careful of egg shells

• Eating food or touching utensils with hands that have touched raw eggs can cause food poisoning (egg shells contain salmonella bacteria that can cause food poisoning).
• Cook at 75℃ or above for more than 1 minute to cook completely (Salmonella bacteria are weak to heat and disappear)
• After touching eggs, wash your hands with detergent under running water for at least 30 seconds.

How to eat eggs and how to store them. Stay healthy and safe!

How to eat and store eggs 3. Be careful about washing eggs

• Do not wash and store eggs (egg shells have a cuticle layer that protects eggs from external microorganisms, but washing with water destroys this protective layer)
• When the cuticle layer is destroyed, contaminants, including bacteria, can seep inside.

 

How to eat and store eggs 4. Precautions when eatinEven if stored in the refrigerator, avoid old ones, and if they taste even slightly strange, throw them away.

• Boiled eggs that are left out of the refrigerator lose their freshness after more than 2 hours.
• Hard-boiled eggs can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 7 days (BUT recommended to eat within 3 to 4 days)

In this post, we learned four ways to eat and store eggs more healthily.  Please use eggs well and take good care of your health.