Pasturized Eggs?

[hollyclyff]

They have pasteurized shell eggs at Harris Teeter grocery stores around here. Here's the website for the company.
http://safeeggs.com

 

[Southern28Chick]

I thought pasturized is what is done to milk by heating it up to a certain temp. to kill bacteria.

How the heck would you pasturize eggs.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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By cooking them. Most people don't eat raw eggs.

 

[hollyclyff]

It's my understanding that they heat them in the shell enough to kill bacteria but not to the point of cooking them. I've bought them before and they taste just like any other grocery store egg to me. The whites look a little cloudy, but other than that, I couldn't tell a difference. But I don't buy grocery store eggs anymore anyway.

 

[Newchickenmom&kids]

From their websites FAQ's:

How do you pasteurize a shell egg without cooking it?
It’s a combination of time and temperature. At National Pasteurized Eggs, Inc., we put our farm-fresh eggs through a giant all-natural water bath for just under one hour. The key is the preciseness of the computer controlled bath which ensures FDA standards for pasteurization, destroying the bacteria and viruses without cooking the eggs. The constant movement of our eggs and water while in the bath is a key component in assuring the eggs don’t cook.


Here's the website:
http://safeeggs.com/foodservice/faq.php

 

[Mac in Wisco]

Yes, what I meant to say is that most people cook their eggs and don't eat them raw for the same reaon that milk is pasteurized. Unpasteurized milk is just the raw product.

Pasteurizing an egg only kills bacteria on the shell, which most people don't worry about anyways. Any bacteria that may be transferred to the contents by cracking it is killed in the frying pan.

 

[arlee453]

The company listed above says that their process does kill any bacteria or viruses both outside OR inside the egg - not just on the outside.

Interesting stuff - didn't know there was such a thing as pasturized in the shell eggs.

 

[Southern28Chick]

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By cooking them. Most people don't eat raw eggs.

Well I know you don't eat them raw!!! I've just never heard anyone say "I'm going to go pasturize some eggs for breakfast" I usually here "I'm COOKING eggs for breakfast". Is that what you say? You pasturize your eggs?

 

[Mac in Wisco]

Easy now... I was just making the point that a properly cooked egg doesn't need to be pasteurized to begin with. We cook them them like we do other foods to kill off the nastys. Milk as a raw product can carry some nasty stuff, hence Louis developed the process for cleaning it up.

 

[Chelly]

What about fried eggs with a nice runny yoke? (I LOVE em like that!!!

For the record, my kids would not eat white eggs

I have NO IDEA why - but they're funny anyway....

I HAD to buy white last time at the store, that was all they had, the kids were a little suspicious - but ate em anyway!

(Cant' WAIT till I can go get my eggs in the coop)