Eggs pack plenty of protein into a small package
Eggs are a regular fixture of most people’s diets, and they’re incredibly good for you. The ultimate convenience food, they’re cheap and quick to cook, too.
Eggs are a nutritional powerhouse, packed with a range of vitamins including vitamin B2, vitamin B12, biotin, folate and pantothenic acid.
They’re also a good source of minerals and trace elements, including phosphorus, selenium and iodine.
They are one of the only food sources of vitamin D and are a good source of iron.
Eggs contain the best-quality protein and all eight essential amino acids.
A medium-sized egg contains just 78 calories.
In Britain, our favourite way to eat eggs is boiled, followed by scrambled and fried.
The UK Food Standards Agency says eating an egg a day is OK. Although eggs contain cholesterol, it has now been proved that the amount you eat has a limited effect on cholesterol levels in the blood – this is why previous limits on egg consumption have been lifted.
The heaviest egg ever weighed 454g – six times heavier than a large egg you might buy from a shop.
The largest egg ever found had five yolks.