|Articles|July 8, 2020

Cloudy egg white is good!

Fun Fact! If a raw egg white is cloudy, that could mean the egg is fresh. Raw white becomes cloudy due to carbon dioxide that hasn’t yet escaped through the egg shell. As an egg ages and more carbon dioxide escapes, its egg white becomes clearer.

If a raw egg white is cloudy, that could mean the egg is fresh. Raw white becomes cloudy due to carbon dioxide that hasn’t yet escaped through the egg shell. As an egg ages and more carbon dioxide escapes, its egg white becomes clearer.

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