Liquid Eggs Vs Fresh Eggs

Our Group members:

Jeremy Foo

Darren Foo

Ang Jun Liang

Hans Chen

Timothy Seow

Our Mentor: Mr. Yong

Class: 2-1

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Content Page

Pg 1 – Cover Page

Pg 2 – Content Page

Pg 3 and 4 – Introduction to our project

Pg 5 and 6 – Survey +Results

Pg 7 and 8 – Hands-On

Pg 9 to 12 – Info Sheet

Pg 13 – Quotes

Pg 14 – References

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Introduction

We are from class 2-1 and this is our report for our project work.

We had to brainstorm about topic ideas for Project Work. We shortlisted down a few topics:

Mercy Relief

Indoor and Outdoor Sun Tanning

Animal Cruelty

Albert Einstein And His Works

Pythons

Liquid Eggs Vs Fresh Eggs

In the end, we decided to use the topic Liquid eggs Vs Fresh Eggs as the other topics were

too vague. Some of them also did not apply to the theme of service learning. Hence, after much

discussion we decided on the topic of Liquid Eggs Vs Fresh Eggs

Why did we choose this topic over the others?

We read an article on liquid eggs and we were shock to find out that very little people knew about

liquid eggs and their use. We also want to convince the general public about the advantages of

choosing Liquid Eggs over Fresh Eggs, such as the elimination of bacteria through

pasteurization.

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Who is our target audience?

Our target audience is mainly the housewives as they are the ones who go the market and buy

food back to cook for their families. We also included the general public into the picture as they

are the ones who would eat the food.

What we aim to do?

We want to raise awareness about liquid eggs as during an egg shortage in Singapore, the public

would not find it so difficult to switch to Liquid Eggs. We also want to find out about what is

deterring the public from buying Liquid Eggs. This will be further elaborated in the ‘targets’ section

of the report later.

After we did this, we started to research and conduct some experiments on the topic, LIQUID

EGGS VS FRESH EGGS, which we will describe in the next few pages.

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What were our targeted results?

Our target audience will know more about liquid eggs and their benefits.

Our target audience will purchase liquid eggs as an alternative for fresh eggs.

Our target audience will then be able to keep their eggs for a longer period of time and they do

not need to worry if they but extra eggs.(If they buy liquid eggs)

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What are liquid eggs?

Liquid eggs are egg whites with yellow food coloring. Liquid eggs are basically the eggs in liquid

form. Liquid eggs are often the main source of scrambled eggs at fast-food restaurants(e.g.

McDonald's) besides being found in noodles, cakes, ice-cream, etc.

They are safer to consume than fresh eggs because eating fresh eggs carry a higher chance of

diseases like salmonella.

 

Price/Market Shares

The liquid egg market in the U.S. is currently worth $197.7 million.

 

Are liquid eggs as good as fresh eggs?

Liquid eggs

made with real egg whites

egg flavoring is added in order to taste like "real eggs" but it’s an option for health conscious

patrons. 

One 8-ounce cup of liquid egg whites supplies

o 26g of pure 100% Bio-Available Protein

o 2g of carbohydrates

o no fat

o no cholesterol

o 120 calories.

Liquid egg whites are low heat pasteurized.

o This process kills all the bacteria without destroying the protein.

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Science experiments have proven that liquid eggs are odorless and tasteless, and mix easily into

all your favourite shakes, drinks, or foods without cooking

Liquid Eggs are 100% Bio-available.

o Which means it can act as an alternative when there is a shortage of fresh eggs

They also have a longer shelf life

CONCLUSION: Liquid Eggs are better compared to Liquid eggs

Statistics

LIQUID EGGS: Refer to Figure 1 note, (eggs are bubbly because soy sauce and sugar were

added.)

Water content (grams per 100g) 82.75 

Calorie content of Food (kcals per 100g/3.5oz) 120 

Protein content (grams per 100g) 12 

Fat content (lipids) (grams per 100g) 0.02

Ash content (grams per 100g) 1.3 

Carbohydrate content (grams per 100g) 0.64 

Dietary Fiber content (grams per 100g) 0 

Sugar content (grams per 100g) 0.64

FRESH EGGS:

LIQUID EGGS:

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Figure 1

Price: About 20 cents (cost about 25 per cent more than whole eggs)

Shelf life: 3 to 12 weeks

Some of the countries that farm them: France, US, etc.

Journey to the market: Regular eggs are washed, broken, mixed in tanks, pasteurised, packed

and stored at below-freezing temperatures.

Quantity consumed: For every 100 fresh eggs consumed, 1 liquid egg is consumed.

Rarer, Less supermarkets sell it

FRESH EGGS: Refer to Figure 2

Price: About 15 cents

Shelf life: 3 weeks

Some of the countries that farm them: Japan, New Zealand, etc.

Journey to the market: They are either trucked in from Malaysia

or shipped in from other countries such as New Zealand and

then they are packed and transported to stores.

Quantity consumed: For every 1 liquid egg consumed, 100 fresh eggs are consumed.

More common in supermarkets

Taste Difference and Nutritional Values

Both liquid eggs and fresh eggs taste similar and many people cannot tell the

difference between the both of them. There is no difference in the nutritional values of both of

them.

How many people know about liquid eggs?

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Figure 2

Only one out of every three people knows about the existence of liquid eggs, according to a

survey done on 601 people by the AVA.

How can we raise the awareness of Singaporeans about liquid eggs?

We can cook some liquid eggs and some fresh eggs and ask people to taste them and

differentiate between the both of them.

We can hand people fliers about liquid eggs, telling them more about liquid eggs, and how it acts

as an alternative if there is a shortage of fresh eggs.

We can create a forum, telling people about liquid eggs and how it is as good if not better than

fresh eggs.

Our Survey

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Our Survey

1. Do you know what are pasteurized eggs (liquid eggs)? Yes No If you have answered ‘yes’ to question 1, answer the rest of the questions.,

Have you bought and cooked liquid eggs before? Yes No

Do you know the benefits of liquid eggs? Yes No

Do you know most fast-food restaurants are using liquid eggs? Yes No

1. If you ever tasted liquid eggs before, do you think liquid eggs and fresh eggs are similar in taste? Yes No

Do you know the shelf lives of liquid and fresh eggs? Yes No

Do you know the prices of liquid eggs and fresh eggs? Yes No

Thank you for doing this survey.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Survey Analysis

Our Survey Target:

Housewives

We did this survey on the 25th of June at Junction 8. The survey was a success but there were

still some difficulties that we faced. Here are some of the difficulties we faced:

1. The People's Attention

Most of the people there were uninterested in our project. Only 2 out of every five people that we asked were willing to take the survey.

Some of the people there ignored us and walked away when we approached them.

2. The number of housewives

There weren't many housewives there at the time we were doing the survey.

Most had gone home to make breakfast for their families.

3. Housewives' Language Ability

Some of the housewives we asked didn't understand English, instead they speak dialect. So there was the language barrier.

How we solved them

1. We told them who we were and told them about the survey's purpose and how their answers would help us.

2. We increased of sample range to get more housewives to do the survey.

3. Most of the housewives who didn't understand English were Chinese. We figured out that they were Chinese-speaking housewives so we spoke to them in Chinese. We figured out right and managed to get through to them.

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OUR SURVEY RESULTS

1. Do you know what are pasteurized eggs (liquid eggs)?

Question 1

YesNo

Yes – 16 No - 19

If you have answered ‘yes’ to question 1, answer the rest of the questions.,

2. Have you bought and cooked liquid eggs before?

Question 2

YesNo

Yes – 3 No - 13

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3. Do you know the benefits of liquid eggs?

Question 3

YesNo

Yes – 2 No – 14

4. Do you know most fast-food restaurants are using liquid eggs?

Question 4

YesNo

Yes – 4 No – 12

5. If you ever tasted liquid eggs before, do you think liquid eggs and fresh eggs are similar in taste?

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Question 5

YesNo

Yes – 3 No - 13

6. Do you know the shelf lives of liquid and fresh eggs?

Question 6

YesNo

Yes - 2 No – 14

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7. Do you know the prices of liquid eggs and fresh eggs?

Question 7

YesNo

Yes – 1 No - 15

The Problem

Retailers are not selling these products because of lack of demand from

consumers, and consumers are not buying them because of a lack of awareness.

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HANDS-ON

Our Hands-On Target: People aged 15 – 67

We did this Hands-On on the 25th

of June at Junction 8. The survey was a success but there were still some difficulties that we faced. Here are some of the difficulties we faced:

1. Trust

Not many people were willing to try our eggs as they thought that they were “poisoned”, not cooked properly (under-cooked,over-cooked),etc. As seen in Figure 3

2. Knowledge

Many people didn't even know what they were tasting at first.

Some people thought of it as a joke or just a way to pass their time.

3. Ignorance

Some people there were uninterested in our project. Only 4 out of every 5 people were willing to test the eggs.

4. The Eggs

We weren't good chefs so we weren't sure if we could fry the eggs till they were of the same standard.

We also had to spend a considerable amount of time to find Liquid Eggs as most of the supermarkets in Singapore do not sell them. As seen in Figure 4

How we solved the problems

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Figure 4

Figure 3

We told them who we were and told them about the Hands-on purpose and how their results would help us.

We stationed ourselves at Junction 8's supermarket. There were more people and more people were willing to participate in our Hands-On there.

We told them what they were tasting and briefly told them about liquid eggs.

We went to search for the Liquid Eggs on the internet and found them at Cold Storage.

HANDS-ON Results

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We let 25 people try our cooked eggs and see if they could tell the difference. Here are the

results:

YesNo

Out of the 25 people we asked, only 4 could tell the difference.

Our Flyer

Liquid Eggs vs Fresh Eggs

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What are Liquid Eggs?

Liquid eggs are egg whites with yellow food coloring. They are basically eggs in liquid form.

They are safer to consume than fresh eggs because eating fresh eggs carry a higher chance of diseases like salmonella. ( See Picture below )

Why are Liquid Eggs better than Fresh Eggs?

• They are safer to consume than fresh eggs as they carry a lower chance of diseases like salmonella than fresh eggs.

• Liquid eggs are an option for health conscious patrons.

• Liquid egg whites are low heat pasteurized, therefore having no bacteria after this process.

• Liquid eggs also have a longer shelf life.

• It can act as an alternative when there is a shortage of fresh eggs.

SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? BUY LIQUID EGGS NOW!

Our

Reflections

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Ang Jun Liang:

It is indeed an unusual topic for us to work on eggs as our topic in the first place. Littering or smoking seemed to be more appropriate in the first place. However, choosing a topic like “Pasteurized Eggs versus Fresh Eggs” is interesting because it lets us explore new things in a totally new area.

There are several difficulties while we as a group did this project. Meeting up as a full group was literally impossible due to our busy schedules, and that was why we never did so besides the Project Work period. However, meeting up with smaller groups seemed to be a more efficient choice. For example, 2 of us would do the presentation slides, 2 of us would do the flyer and 1 person would focus on the report. This way we can fully utilize the time till the deadline. While doing the project(taste test/cooking) , it was very time-consuming because it was difficult to find liquid eggs because they were not sold in common provision shops and we had to go to a supermarket. Also, we faced people who were unwilling to help us test the taste of the food because they are "busy". However, we can’t do anything about it because they are not obliged to help us. Even so, we were still able to finish this taste testing in the end.

Although Project Work is time-consuming, we have benefitted greatly from it, such as improving our skills in using the Microsoft Word and other programs we used to complete this project. All in all, being able to complete this project is already very fortunate and through it, we have learnt many valuable things.

Timothy Seow Hong Ann:

At the start, I thought that there would be no difficulties in completing this project. But as the project progressed on, it was not as easy as I had expected and there were several difficulties that my group mates and I faced. The first major difficulty was that the five of us could not find a common date for us to meet up We ended up splitting into two groups and doing our assigned tasks, collaborating them during our Project Work period, which was on Thursday.

The second major difficulty was that none of us knew how to utilize Prezi™ until one of our members found out how to operate Prezi™. Through this project, we have learned to organize the workload between ourselves and to complete our assigned tasks on time.

Hans Chen Sheng:

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When we first started off as a group, we actually wanted to do effects of UV radiation to help the people that enjoy sun-tanning to do it in moderation. Everything was going along fine until our teacher mentor said that the topic was too vague. He then suggested that we do the project on “Liquid eggs versus Fresh Eggs” and so we agreed. When asked who the group leader was, my team members volunteered me. Facing the majority and having no good reason to deny the position, we all came to a consensus that I would lead the group.

Being the group leader of this project was a really stressful and tiring experience, I had to contribute an extravagant amount of time, effort and resources towards producing the final product of this project. Through the time span of this project, my group members and I were faced with many unforeseen problems and circumstances and I would say, it’s a miracle that we got so far.

The first problem that we faced was attendance for project work period. One member of our group did not turn up for quite a few of our project work periods. He would tell us that he needs to go for tuition and just leave. As it was becoming overly frequent, all the group members objected and thankfully, the problem was somehow rectified as the deadline approached.

Communication, it was problem number two. Communication is one of the most important aspects of a group. Without proper communication, the group cannot function as well as it should. That was exactly what happened. Apparently two members in our group literally could not be contacted at all. They left the rest of the group only their home phone numbers. Every time I tried to call them, they were either out of their house or showering. Later, I found out that, for some reason, didn’t give us their hand phone numbers. After that incident, communication improved by a considerable amount.

Our schedules were also a problem, making it almost impossible to meet up during the June holidays. To make matters worse, I travelled overseas for three weeks to attend my sister’s commencement in America. With the 12 hours time difference and the internet being “subject to availability” there, I could only hope that the members back home were doing something to aid the progress of the project. When I came back and received status report from the co-leader of the group, I was overjoyed. They managed to complete most of the report and started on the presentation. For most of them, they were free on the last week of the June holiday, and so we managed to complete both our hands-on and survey.

Although this project was extremely time-consuming, meaningful lessons such as the importance of communication was learnt from it. I also feel that this project would benefit us in future as in Junior College, projects would become an all too common thing in our daily curricular. Hence getting to experience it first in secondary school could be

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viewed as a lead over our peers in other schools. Being able to complete this project is already a miraculous feat and I am very grateful for all the time that everyone has put in to the project.

Jeremy Foo:

I feel that this project has been a meaningful one for me as I learnt about a subject that before the project I had no idea about, which was the fact that there was such a lack of awareness about liquid eggs and common perceptions of people in Singapore regarding eggs.

Problems I encountered include the hands-on part of the project, where I had to face problems of convincing people to eat the egg samples, and getting people to help us with our survey. However, thanks to our persistence and effort to make the survey and the eggs as presentable as possible, we finally managed to convince enough people to do our surveys and sample our egg samples.

Another problem I received was how to go about doing our presentation. I eventually decided on prezi (the online presentation tool) as it had an interesting appearance and I could organize information easily as I just needed to add links to include new information. Due to our extensive research of our report, I also had to correctly piece out important information from the less important ones of the presentation, as we had limited time to present.

However, there were also various interesting moments during our project, for example when we looked around the neighborhood for people that were willing to try our eggs, we encountered people(including housewives) who had no idea what liquid eggs were, hence I feel that our project will have a impact on the people of Singapore. Our flyers regarding our project were also very interesting and hopefully the people who read it will be influenced to buy liquid eggs as an alternative to fresh eggs.

Overall, I feel that our group had made a difference by doing this project and I feel a continuous commitment to our cause is important as we continue to strive toward our achievement of spreading the awareness of liquid eggs in Singapore. This project has definitely been an enriching one for me and has provided me with new insight about the different kinds of eggs, information I can definitely use in the future.

Darren Foo:

While doing this project, I learnt two things- skills and information. Firstly, I learnt more about the subject I was doing on, liquid eggs. Before doing this project, I did not really

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know about the existence of liquid eggs. After researching while doing this project, I have learnt that liquid eggs are a much safer alternative for eggs-they reduce the chance of us getting diseases, thus is good for us. While doing this project, I discovered a lot of interesting facts about both eggs and liquid eggs that I would not have known had I not done this project. Doing this project has let me learnt this new info that I would not have bothered to read. Next, I shall explain how I have learnt many skills while doing this project. I learnt certain skills, such as the skills on how to find information. As much information I researched proved to be not useful, I had to filter and find the useful ones.  After this, we, as a group, had to decide what information was going to be used. Next, I learnt more about working in a group. I learnt many things while working in the group. We faced many troubles while working as a group, like finding an appropriate time to meet up and work on our project.  Besides this, we also had to decide on what ideas where good and what ideas could not be used. However, I feel it was a good experience. Doing this project, we also faced the difficulty of making choices, picking from the wide selection given to us by our IT teacher. Overall, I feel that doing the project was an interesting

QUOTES

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Opinions about liquid eggs

“One is egg from a shell, the other is in powder form or out of a packet. How can it taste the

same?” (Mother of two)

“Retailers are not selling these products because of lack of demand from consumers, and

consumers are not buying them because of a lack of awareness” (AVA spokesman Goh Shih

Yong)

Definition

“Pasteurized eggs are eggs that have been pasteurized in order to reduce the

possibility of food-borne illness in dishes that are not cooked or lightly cooked.

They may be sold as liquid egg products or pasteurized in the shell.”

References

Online Sources:

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http://www.soshiok.com/article/10849

 

http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/faqs/f/eggsubstitute.htm

http://www.motherearthnews.com/eggs.aspx

http://www.helpwithcooking.com/egg-guide/guide-to-eggs.html

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/dairy-and-egg-products/111/2

http://www.calorie-counter.net/eggs-calories/egg-substitute-liquid.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurized_eggs

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