What are the health advantages to using powdered egg whites?
You can avoid some food born illnesses like Salmonella because the powdered egg whites are pasteurized and can be used “raw” unlike fresh eggs. http://www.sptimes.com/News/102401/Taste/Ask_the_Dietitian__Po.shtml Ask the Dietitian: Powdered egg whites safer than raw ones By STEPHANIE TOBER © St. Petersburg Times, published October 24, 2001 Question: Much publicity has been given in recent years to avoiding raw egg because of the threat of salmonella. Yet I still regularly read recipes coming out that include raw egg whites, such as chocolate mousse. Is it safe to eat raw egg in that form? R.S., St. Petersburg Answer: Eating raw eggs is not recommended due to salmonella bacteria, which causes food-borne illness. Because this bacteria can be transmitted from the infected hen directly to the egg’s interior, even clean, uncracked eggs could be infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prev
You can avoid some food born illnesses like Salmonella because the powdered egg whites are pasteurized and can be used “raw” unlike fresh eggs. http://www.sptimes.com/News/102401/Taste/Ask_the_Dietitian__Po.shtml Ask the Dietitian: Powdered egg whites safer than raw ones By STEPHANIE TOBER © St. Petersburg Times, published October 24, 2001 Question: Much publicity has been given in recent years to avoiding raw egg because of the threat of salmonella. Yet I still regularly read recipes coming out that include raw egg whites, such as chocolate mousse. Is it safe to eat raw egg in that form? R.S., St. Petersburg Answer: Eating raw eggs is not recommended due to salmonella bacteria, which causes food-borne illness. Because this bacteria can be transmitted from the infected hen directly to the egg’s interior, even clean, uncracked eggs could be infected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prev
