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FSA urges consumers to check for the Lion mark

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reiterated its advice for vulnerable groups to check for the Lion mark on eggs to make sure they are safe. The announcement follows the creation of the #RawEggChallenge on social media, in which consumers are encouraging each other to drink raw egg and...

British Egg Industry Council Warns Consumers to Look for the Lion on eggs

The British Egg Industry Council has warned consumers to check eggs as well as egg boxes in the London area following reports that imported eggs are being packed into boxes from the Traditional Free Range Egg Company Ltd, a British business that went into administration last year. The eggs...

In the clouds with Daley’s Cloud Eggs

British Lion eggs brand ambassador Tom Daley has shared his cracking British Lion Cloud Eggs recipe with his 2.1m+ followers on Instagram. Daley references his son’s love for this simple dish and his favourite memories relating to the recipe, highlighting that it is one that requires...

Study finds eating eggs could lower levels of CVD and death

The British Egg Industry Council has welcomed a large new study published in Science China Life Sciences, which found that eating eggs several times a week could be linked with lower levels of cardiovascular disease and death. Although the study was conducted in China, where dietary...

Store cupboard recipes by British Lion eggs

Versatile and nutritious, eggs are a popular choice for consumers who are adapting to cooking at home throughout the day. To inspire consumers to move beyond their usual egg dishes and add some new ones to their repertoire, British Lion eggs has developed a series of delicious, quick and...

Freezing your eggs

With a surge in Google searches questioning whether it is safe to freeze eggs and how best to do it, British Lion eggs can confirm it is completely safe to freeze egg yolks, whites and even whole eggs (so long as it is done before the box hits its expiry date). However, following our...

Mob Kitchen promotes delicious and affordable British Lion eggs dishes

British Lion eggs is encouraging students and young professionals to get cracking through a new partnership with recipe channel, Mob Kitchen. Five British Lion eggs dishes will be shared with Mob Kitchen’s audience of more than 280,000 to demonstrate the versatility, affordability, taste...

Retail egg market grows by 50% in 10 years

Retail egg sales have grown by more than 50% since 2008, according to the latest data issued by British Lion eggs. Following thirteen years of growth, research shows that 2019 sales volume rose by 3.4% on the previous year, to 6.6bn eggs, equating to additional sales of around 220 million...