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The Incredible White Egg Yolk??

October 8, 2010

While making tuna salad for lunch today, I was surprised to find a white yolk when I cut into a hard-boiled egg. I’m not talking about a really pale yellow yolk, this was as white as the rest of the egg.

Up until now I had never seen or heard of a white egg yolk. Was it safe to eat? I wasn’t sure what to think. This particular egg came out of a package of hard-boiled peeled eggs that I purchased from my local grocery store.

I did some research on the internet and this is what I found. The color of the yolk is a result of the hens diet. More specifically the color of the yolk is due to xanthophylls, which are natural pigments found in certain plants. A diet high in corn or alfalfa is likely to produce darker yellow egg yolks. Sometimes, natural yellow and red pigments are also added to the feed to further ensure the desirable deep yellow color.

A colorless diet consisting of white cornmeal will likely result in an almost colorless yolk. I am just assuming that by colorless they mean white. Mystery solved? Not exactly.

According to this particular egg company’s website, their hens are fed a diet of corn and alfalfa, with natural yellow and red pigments added to the feed to ensure deep yellow colored yolks. So, I don’t know what happened for sure, but I did learn a little bit about how eggs are made. Anyone else come across white or colorless yolks?

By Tempie at October 8, 2010.

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  1. Katie

    April 19, 2014 at 3:53 pm

    When I lived in west Africa, the eggs I ate looked like this, with whiteish yolks. I had never seen it in the US. I’m guessing they were fed whiteish feed, maize or corn?

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  2. Jenny

    October 19, 2015 at 7:13 am

    I was making deviled eggs yesterday and fund a white egg. It was a white as white part. I wasn’t sure what to make of it …never seen anything like it.

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    • Tempie

      October 22, 2015 at 12:59 pm

      I know! It was so weird to open the egg up and find it! Haven’t seen one since, and I’ve eaten a lot of eggs since then.

      Reply
  3. Roz

    January 21, 2017 at 9:59 pm

    On Friday 20th January 2017
    In Newcastle NSW at a picnic, I met my first really white
    egg-yolk in a boiled egg.My curiosity won! I ate it!
    It tasted like any other egg and I am still alive!
    None of my friends had seen one either. Several of us
    are over 70years,so that it really was an unusual event.
    Made it a picnic to really remember

    Reply

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