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The positive contribution that eggs have on our lives and nation
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ON average, hungry Australians each con- sume about 247 eggs a year.
pies, sweet pastries, sau- sage rolls
you might be surprised to learn that you could literally be putting egg on your face.
Collectively, that’s 6.22 billion eggs.
• Enriching – liaison, combining into soups, sauces
Substances extracted from eggs are often used in the manufacturing of key cosmetics.
When you cook up a breakfast of poached eggs on toast, it’s hard to im- agine that the humble egg could impact on your life in so many other positive ways.
• Setting – crème brûlée, crème caramel
Indirectly however the real economic contribu- tion is worth billions of dollars more, consider- ing the add-on-value of eggs when they’re used to make products provided by bakeries, patisseries, cafes, pubs, restaurants, catering firms and com- mercial food factories.
• Egg dishes – omelette, eggs benedict
Restaurant and Catering Australia recently report- ed to Australian Treasury that it supports 45,000 catering, restaurant and hospitality businesses in Australia.
• Emulsifying – mayon- naise, hollandaise, béar- naise sauce
Nearly every business
A report by O’Dea and Hewson on the culinary uses of eggs in Australia,
meat and • Glazing – egg wash for
The researchers state that several of the sub- stances have antimicro- bial and anticancer agents.
Truckies play an essen- tial role delivering eggs from the farm gate to the supermarket.
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This injects $45.3 bil- lion into the national economy by way of food- related business and a further $18.6 billion in takeaways.
Here are several exam- ples of how the two au- thors identify the added value of using eggs in pro- fessional food production.
•Other uses – shakes, smoothies, eggnog and similar.
Pharmaceuticals and medications
Millions of dollars are spent on the engineering and construction of egg and hen infrastructure, machinery, maintenance and on-farm technology.
It’s clear, that from crumbed chicken or fish to a birthday cake, pav- lova or salad dressing – eggs are an essential re- quirement when it comes to adding value to the hos- pitality sector.
• Aerating – sponge, cake, soufflé, meringues
Eggs also play a vital role in treating illness.
The health care of laying hens employs veterinary staff and requires bird nutrition such as grain bought from other farm- ers.
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• Clarifying – consom- mé
In a journal article from the US National Library of Medicine, authors Abeyranthe and Ahn re- port egg white contains many potentially life-sav- ing proteins.
• Thickening – crème anglaise and ice cream
These include ovalbu- min, ovotransferrin or conalbumin, ovomucoid, ovomucin and lysozyme.
Even the nation’s trans- port industry has a vested interest in commercial egg farming.
• Binding – vegetable patties
• Coating – paner à l’anglaise... a fancy term for crumbing meat, chick- en, prawns, fish and simi- lar before cooking, the item is dipped in flour, egg wash, breadcrumbs
With this in mind, the projected global market value of cosmetics will reach $A977.25 billion by 2025.
Australia’s 277 commer- cial egg farms contribute $1.8 billion directly into the national economy.
Farm expenditure
uses eggs in their food preparation and by 2023 they will account for over 704,000 jobs.
suggests that eggs are “among the most versatile ingredients in the com- mercial kitchen.”
• Garnishing – niçoise and caesar salads, steak tartare
Back on the egg farm, our Aussie farmers spend a lot of money with sup- ply industries that go on to employ many more Aus- tralians.
They suggest the “egg white proteins on top of the production of bioac- tive peptides from egg white are emerging areas with many new medical applications.”
Commercial egg farmers supportthecardboardand packaging sector through the purchase of printed egg cartons and boxes.
GlobalData reports that sales in the Australian pharmaceutical market grew to $25.2 billion last year.
Even the insurance and banking sectors benefit from the hundreds of mil- lions of dollars borrowed to fund and insure egg farm upgrades, hen hous- ing and new equipment.
Many of these products were ‘egged on’ with the help of eggs as a feature ingredient.
When you take time to reflect on all the indus- tries in business today, you realise how the hum- ble egg and Australian egg farmers add positive value to your life and the nation’s economy.
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