The US, grappling with an egg shortage, is reaching out to Lithuania for egg exports after Finland declined. The situation has prompted ridicule online.
The US, grappling with an egg shortage, is reaching out to Lithuania for egg exports after Finland declined. The situation has prompted ridicule online.
partially. And partially because it’s used in making so many things like bread and mayonnaise and so on.
Yeah, and I get that, but comparatively, it’s very low volume of eggs/loaf. Even at the nearly 3x price hike we’ve experienced, it shouldn’t make a whole lot of issues for bread companies. Sure, mayo would get hit hard but that’s another thing that really shouldn’t be that hard to live without.
What kind of bread needs eggs? Are you talking about cake and donuts? Even so, in many recipes, eggs can be replaced by things like linseed/chia, bananas, or bean water (“aquafaba”). I’d actually expect American food manufacturers to be price-conscious enough to have cut such corners a long time ago.
I mean, bread and mayo is like . . the foundations of civilization. For me. Personally. So - those aren’t going to be lived without at least for now.
But just based on stupid internet searching, the number I’m seeing is 300 million eggs per day for bread. That’s a lot of 19% highers.
The actual number might be quite different, but I’m assuming that’s probably not that far off.
Who makes bread with eggs?
You might be floored to discover there’s an entire chunk of breads that involve eggs. Brioche and Challah are perhaps the best known.
“Bread”. Did you know that Subway isn’t allowed to call their sandwiches “bread” in Germany because it contains to much sugar?
It depends. https://www.chainbaker.com/eggs/
Thank you, this is an interesting experiment!