• @Anyolduser
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    8126 days ago

    While eggs are being prepared for shipment and packaged they are inspected, or “candleled”. A light is shone through the eggs, which makes things like defects, rot, or blood vessels apparent so those eggs can be removed from the line.

    Presumably this company processes eggs on such a scale that they pull the double yolks found during candling and sells them as a separate product.

    • @[email protected]
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      2426 days ago

      What’s the advantage? Why would I want to buy double yolk eggs? Never ever seen it in a shop in europe.

      • @[email protected]
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        3626 days ago

        For some recipes you need the yolk while the white is refuse, like sabayon for example. Of course if you have white leftover and don’t use it to make merengue, you’re insane.

      • @[email protected]
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        1726 days ago

        Maybe for someone with a specific baking recipe in mind? One of the egg noodle recipes I like calls for about as many extra yolks as whole eggs. So I could probably just use these without waste or having to make a separate recipe to use up the whites. I’ve never seen this at stores near me either in the US.

      • @21Cabbage
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        926 days ago

        I assume somebody will pay for the novelty. Besides, if my summer raising chickens was to be believed those eggs are rare enough that it’s not like there has to be a huge demand.

      • @Anyolduser
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        626 days ago

        Well, if a product doesn’t exist in the European market, then it shouldn’t exist at all. /s

        The egg processor saw an opportunity to easily offer a novelty product. That’s why we’re talking about it at all: it’s a novelty.

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          726 days ago

          I didn’t say it shouldn’t exist, I don’t care. I was just wondering why it exists and mentioned that i’ve never seen it irl. Jeez.

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        226 days ago

        I think they are all sold to a company that wants them. Like McDonald’s or something. No idea, not going to check either. Maybe a mayonnaise company, that would make sense wouldn’t it.