Why is the egg watery when it is cracked? What does a bad egg look like when it is cracked?

Eggs are rich in lecithin, sterols, yolk, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin A, vitamin B and vitamin D. Many people probably think that the darker the egg yolk, the richer the nutrition. Is that true? You will know after reading the following introduction!

Contents of this article

1. Why are eggs watery when they are beaten?

2. What does a broken egg look like when it is cracked?

3. Are darker egg yolks more nutritious?

Why are eggs watery when they are beaten?

It may be that the eggs have been stored for too long, or that they have been stored for too long and the storage method and location are incorrect. If the eggs are watery and smelly when they are beaten, and the yolk is scattered, it proves that the eggs have gone bad and cannot be eaten.

Eggs are also known as chicken eggs and chicken eggs. The highest content in eggs is protein, which is easily denatured when heated.

An egg is composed of eggshell, shell membrane, egg white, yolk, germinal disc, yolk ligament, cuticle, yolk membrane and eggshell.

What does a bad egg look like?

If the yolk is scattered, the egg white and egg white are mixed together, and there is a rancid smell, the egg has gone bad. If the yolk is flat and the egg white is very thin (almost like water), the egg is also bad. If the egg yolk is nearly spherical and slightly protruding, and the egg white or egg white is just gathered around it, the egg is fresh.

Place the egg on a flat surface and gently rotate it with your fingers. When a fresh egg rotates, the eggshell has friction resistance and it stops after two or three rotations. A bad egg will rotate for a long time and faster. If the egg rotates neither fast nor slow, it is not fresh enough.

You can put the eggs in a basin of cold water, with the water surface about twice the height of the eggs. If the eggs lie flat in the water, it means they are fresh. If they are tilted or stand in the water, it means they have been stored for a long time.

You can also choose to shake the eggs. Generally, after shaking the eggs, we can feel a yolk shaking inside, but bad eggs often do not have this feeling. It feels like a pool of water inside, which means the eggs are bad.

Are darker egg yolks more nutritious?

Not necessarily. The color of the egg yolk is related to the hen's feed, breeding environment and other factors. If the hen is mainly fed carrots, the yolk of the egg it produces may be reddish. In addition, the breed of the hen also affects the color of the yolk. For example, the yolk of a Leghorn chicken is darker than that of a White Rock chicken.

Feeding hens with feed high in lutein can darken the yolk color of their eggs. Feeds with high lutein content include grass powder, marigold petal powder, chili powder, alfalfa leaf powder, etc.

In addition, the calcium content, vitamin A level, and anti-nutritional factors in the feed will also affect the depth of egg yolk color.