Egg – recipes and nutrition

by Mirko Logožar / Tuesday, 07 November 2017 / Published in Food, Protein

You must have wondered how many calories in one egg is there and what are the egg recipes? What do the labels on eggs mean? In this article we will cover the most important information on eggs, valuable food rich in protein and fat!

Calories in one egg

Calories depends on the size, and most often we can find M sized eggs in the stores weighting from 53 to 63 grams, and we will take medium size of 60 grams for the calorie calculation.

calories	93
protein	7.8 g
carbs	0.6 g
fat	6.6 g

It is important to say that egg has a complete amino acid profile, which means it contains all the essential amino acids. Egg yolk contains sulfur, phosphorus, manganese, zinc, iodine, copper, iron, choline, vitamins A, D and E, B12, B2, magnesium, potassium, riboflavin and niacin. You should definitely include this nutritiously rich food in your diet.

Salmonella in eggs

To overcome the fear of Salmonella Enteriditis bacteria, let’s look at some of the details below:

The number of Salmonella bacteria in eggs is 10 to 100
They are hard to develop at low temperatures – so eggs should be kept cold
They are destroyed at high temperatures

If you eat raw eggs that were not in the fridge, which is by the way completely insane, there is little or no chance of getting infected with this bacterium.

Egg labels

In terms of cultivation, the eggs are divided into:

• 0 – eggs from ecological cultivation
• 1 egg from free cultivation
• 2 eggs from stalling (floor) cultivation
• 3 – eggs from cage (battery) cultivation

By size, eggs are divided into:

• XL – very large (weighing 73 g)
• L – large (63 – 73 g)
• M – medium (53 – 63 g)
• S – small (lighter than 53 g)

Cholesterol in eggs

For nearly 50 years, there is a myth dominating that eggs are directly affecting cholesterol growth, and even today most people mention cholesterol when you talk about egg intake. There is no solid evidence showing a direct impact on fat from eggs in cholesterol, and thus separating egg yolks has no sense. Below you can find links of scientific studies as well as the list of myths about cholesterol:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26109578

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824152/

https://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol/

Egg recipes

There are so many recipes, and they will be on our site so it is difficult to summarize everything in one article. We bring an interesting recipe that you have not tried before.

Scrambled eggs with peanut butter

Fry scrambled eggs on the pan as you usually do, sprinkle some hard cheese and when you serve it, put peanut butter on top. You will get a delicious scrambled eggs recipe with peanut butter!