Unpasteurized Egg Whites

[Spacebound]

Do you guys use prepacked Unpasteurized egg whites?

Just wondering how safe they are, heard they can be contaminated quite easily?

I can get them frozen in 1litre bottles. Or should i just stick to the zeagold ones which are pasteurized?

All im going to use them for is making scrambled eggs, so they will be cooked, but scrambled eggs still have slightly raw eggs left as i dont over cook them.

Would love to hear your opinion

[Pseudonym]

I would probably stick to Zeagolds, but that's as much about convenience as safety. Zeagolds' don't need thawing.

I believe the chance of getting salmonella from fresh raw egg is slim. That risk would increase with freezing/defrosting/sitting around, but then you're cooking them (sort of) so that probably reduces the chance of food poisoning again. Does cooking reduce the risk enough? I don't know, sorry.

[AZIDE]

cooking would pretty much kill any bacteria, however it is still possible to get sick if there are no longer bacteria present if they were able to produce enough toxins (excrement) before they were killed. toxins arent destroyed by cooking, and if you eat them they poison you. depends on type of bacteria obviously.

[Dinahlady]

Interestingly - I heard (at uni last year) uncooked egg whites contain some compound that can make you deficient in some other cofactor. I'll have to look up what its supposed to be later, but does anyone know about this or if it could ever actually be an issue or would you have to consume a larger amount of raw egg white than could ever possibly be consumed (even by a bodybuilder)? 

 

 

 

[Rebel101]

Interestingly - I heard (at uni last year) uncooked egg whites contain some compound that can make you deficient in some other cofactor. I'll have to look up what its supposed to be later, but does anyone know about this or if it could ever actually be an issue or would you have to consume a larger amount of raw egg white than could ever possibly be consumed (even by a bodybuilder)? 

 

 

 

Hi Dinahlady it is the B^ vitamins absorption that is affected.

"Avidin is a glycoprotein, which is found in raw egg whites, and blocks the uptake of Vitamin B6 and Vitamin H (Biotin) causing a vitamin deficiency (it binds to Biotin and iron making them unavailable). You must cook/pasteurize the egg white to neutralize the Avidin and allow your body to safely digest the protein and utilize all its amino acids."

Also the protein bioavailablitiy of raw egg whites is reduced if they are not at least partially cooked.

"If you eat non-pasteurized eggs/egg products your body cannot utilize the protein in them due to the presence of a protein inhibitor. And while you may get salmonella from raw eggs/egg product the chances are 1 in 10,000 for regular eggs and 1 in 30,000 for free range eggs."

Hope this helps

[Dinahlady]

 

Interestingly - I heard (at uni last year) uncooked egg whites contain some compound that can make you deficient in some other cofactor. I'll have to look up what its supposed to be later, but does anyone know about this or if it could ever actually be an issue or would you have to consume a larger amount of raw egg white than could ever possibly be consumed (even by a bodybuilder)? 

 

 

 

Hi Dinahlady it is the B^ vitamins absorption that is affected.

"Avidin is a glycoprotein, which is found in raw egg whites, and blocks the uptake of Vitamin B6 and Vitamin H (Biotin) causing a vitamin deficiency (it binds to Biotin and iron making them unavailable). You must cook/pasteurize the egg white to neutralize the Avidin and allow your body to safely digest the protein and utilize all its amino acids."

Also the protein bioavailablitiy of raw egg whites is reduced if they are not at least partially cooked.

"If you eat non-pasteurized eggs/egg products your body cannot utilize the protein in them due to the presence of a protein inhibitor. And while you may get salmonella from raw eggs/egg product the chances are 1 in 10,000 for regular eggs and 1 in 30,000 for free range eggs."

Hope this helps

Thanks! I wonder how many raw eggs youd have to eat before it made you B vitamin deficient? Probably a lot.

So I guess the moral of the thread is definitely go pasturised!