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As a new academic year starts, a new report* recommends that students should go to work on an egg. A recent research review heralds eggs as an affordable food containing essential nutrients, including choline and iodine needed for cognitive function and B vitamins and iron that can support...

With British Egg Week 2017 (9-15 October) coming up, British Lion eggs has developed a toolkit to help retailers, food manufacturers and caterers to make the most of the week. The toolkit highlights a range of activity that is taking place during the week, which this year will be...

Egg sales have topped six billion for the first time since modern records began, with soaring sales confirming British shoppers’ growing love affair with eggs. The latest figures show a 4.8% increase in sales volume on the same period in 2016 (52 w/e 18 June 2017*), which is the equivalent...

Details of a new study encouraging older people to increase their protein intake by eating more eggs are being presented at this year’s prestigious Nutrition Society conference. The PhD study, part-sponsored by the British Egg Industry Council (BEIC), is being undertaken at Bournemouth...

A study published in the American journal Pediatrics entitled ‘Eggs in Early Complementary Feeding and Child Growth: A Randomized Controlled Trial’ has found that eggs are a good source of nutrients for growth and development in children in Ecuador. The researchers hypothesized that...

Millions of Brits will be settling down to watch the first test between the British and Irish Lions and the New Zealand All Blacks on 24 June. And with the tests taking place early in the morning, it’s the perfect time to kick the day off with a tasty, protein filled egg breakfast...

This Father’s Day (18 June) British Lion eggs is helping you give the dad of the year, the breakfast of the year, with a healthy alternative to the traditional fry up. If you are looking for a way to treat your dad this Father’s Day, but want to whip up something a little bit healthier...