Allergen Awareness. Eggs

This week we're looking at the Allergen Ingredient of Eggs.

Eggs are used in hundreds of dishes. These include cakes, sauces, pasta, mousses, and quiche. Egg is often used to bind products too, such as burgers, or as a basting agent, for example brushed onto pastry.  Some dressings include egg too, like mayonnaise and Hollandaise.

Common foods that contain Eggs.

Eggs can be found in a variety of different forms including:

• Desserts like cakes and mousses
• Sauces
• Pasta
• Quiche
• Many dressings include egg too, like mayonnaise and Hollandaise.

This is not an exhaustive list of Foods that people with an allergy to Eggs should aviod.

If you'd like to learn more about Food Safety topics, we'd recommend taking our online Food Safety Level Two course. Find out more about the course here.