How to check the freshness of eggs?

In this material, we will share with you at once several ways of verification, with which you can determine the freshness of chicken, duck and quail eggs in a matter of minutes.

How to check the freshness of eggs at home?

Checking eggs for freshness in water is the simplest, and from that and the popular way. For this, you do not even have to break an egg that causes suspicion.

What is the basis of this method? The fact is that the eggshell pervades many tiny pores through which the air passes, forming a kind of air "pockets". The more air enters, the larger the pockets become, the more the egg itself becomes buoyant.

1. If, when immersed in a dish with cold water, the egg sinks to the bottom, lying on its side - it is at the peak of its freshness.
2. If the egg rises vertically, but is still on the bottom - it is not as fresh, but still suitable for use.
3. Pop up on the surface of the egg is spoiled and it is better to throw it away.

If you do not know how to check the freshness of quail eggs , then you can also use this simple method.

How to determine the freshness of an egg without breaking it?

Another way to learn about the freshness of eggs without damaging the shell is to simply listen to the sounds that it makes in the shell when shaking.

Again, with the passage of time, carbon dioxide leaves, and the egg is filled with oxygen. Protein and yolk at the same time are compressed and can be much more free to swim inside the shell, so when shaking the egg should not make any noise at all, or make a barely perceptible gurgle.

How to check the raw egg for freshness, breaking it?

1. For this method, the egg will need to be broken and visually evaluated the quality of the protein and yolk.
2. The density of egg yolk and yolk decreases over time, and so just breaking an egg on a plate you can easily find out about its freshness. If the yolk shell easily bursts, and it does not stick to the protein, but moves freely over the surface of the plate, the egg is not fresh.
3. The protein eventually becomes more watery, acquires transparency.

The technique of determining the freshness of eggs

1. The easiest way to determine the freshness of a broken egg is by sniffing it, the smell is the most important indicator of spoiled food. A bad egg can give off a sharp smell of sulfur, even remaining whole, but breaking it, a pungent smell can be caught for sure.
2. You can also check the color of the egg. Yolk shades of yellow and orange indicate the freshness of the egg and its safety to use, and such a color difference is determined only by the breed of the bird and what it was fed.
3. Small bloody inclusions are also safe and speak only of ruptures of blood vessels during the formation of the egg.
4. Eggs with a greenish and pinkish coloration, as well as spotted inclusions of black, gray and green flowers indicate the infection of eggs or birds with a fungus and bacteria, therefore are not suitable for food.

How to check the boiled egg for freshness?

1. The boiled egg has a smell of sulfur, even if it was completely fresh, but in the case of a stale egg, this smell becomes much more pronounced and caustic.
2. Also, you can check for freshness in the consistency of protein and yolk. Watery, mucous and puree consistency is a bad sign, indicating that such eggs are better to throw.
3. On the freshness can be judged by the greenish, gray and bluish color, but this method requires a certain experience, because even fresh eggs can have such a color being digested.