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New research reviews challenge link between eggs and diabetes

A new review and a meta-analysis have highlighted changing perceptions about the health benefits of eggs, and provided possible explanations for the link between egg consumption and diabetes. A review published in the May issue of The Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, posed the...

Cracking videos for social media

British Lion eggs has launched a series of ten super quick egg recipes videos to appeal to devotees of the “foodporn” craze online and on social media. The social media videos have been produced to inspire people with quick and tasty egg dishes. Recipes in the series include classics like...

Egg consumption continues to climb

New research has revealed that retail egg sales have continued to show significant growth in the first quarter of 2016, following several years of positive growth. Retail egg sales (volume) has increased by +4%, the equivalent of around 49m eggs, compared to the same period last year...

#EggCentric recipe booklet published

A new recipe booklet full of inspirational egg meals is being distributed to more than 40,000 people in the April issue of BBC Easy Cook. The #EggCentric Inspirational Egg Meals booklet features six mouth-watering fresh meal ideas, including cha han, a Japanese inspired fried rice recipe...

Soft boiled Easter eggs

The link between eggs and Easter is well known, including the Christian tradition of fasting through Lent, which resulted in a lots of eggs ready to be eaten on Easter Sunday. Chocolate eggs may get the limelight these days, but the natural hen's egg is rich in vitamin D, is a good source...

BEIC welcomes consultation on ‘runny eggs’ report

The British Egg Industry Council (BEIC) has welcomed the consultation announced today by the Food Standards Agency on the recent report on UK egg safety by the Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). The BEIC is urging the Food Standards Agency (FSA) to amend its...

Runny eggs set to go back on the menu for young and old

British Lion eggs safe for all, says Government advisors A new report by Government food safety advisors, presented today (Friday 29 January), has concluded that British Lion eggs can safely be eaten runny, even by pregnant women, babies and elderly people. The report recommends that the...

Going back to work on an egg for Breakfast Week

British Lion Eggs are predicting that more people will be ‘going to work on an egg’ during this year’s Breakfast Week (24-30 January 2016) than in previous years’ celebrations. Latest figures show that retail egg sales have risen by 22% in the last seven years. In 2015 we ate around 33m...