Question:
Does anyone know if it is safe to add raw egg white to things such as yogurt
or s/f pudding? Do the egg whites need to be cooked or is it ok to add them to other things? Thanks — Julie D. (posted on May 2, 2002)
May 2, 2002
No! It is not safe to use raw egg in anything.
— jutz
May 2, 2002
Unless you are using pasteurized eggs I wouldn't take the chance.
Salmanella is nothing to play around with and raw eggs are known carriers
of the bacteria.
— Vicki H.
May 2, 2002
I would not do it either but you could add "just whites" the egg
white powder that is found in the baking area of the grocery store. It is
what orange julius adds to their drinks to make them so smooth and creamy.
— Tawny F.
May 2, 2002
According to my nutritionist, it is ok to add egg whites to other things if
you do not have any health concerns that would put you in the high risk
catergory for salmonella. Such as Coronary disease, diabetes, breathing
problems, high blood pressure. If you are not sure contact your
nutritionist or doctor.
— Rhonda F.
May 2, 2002
I have used raw eggs for years in making home-made egg-nog. I still do it
to make an egg-nog protien drink. My recipe is 1 cup milk, vanilla protien
powder, 1 sweet & low pack, vanilla flavoring, cinimon and 1 whole raw
egg. I have never had salmonella and it is a great variety to protien
drinks. I think the whole "eggs have salmonella" thing is
overated. Probably somebody in some backward country ate a raw egg that
hadn't been refrigerated for 3 days and got salmonella and now we have to
scare everybody to death about raw eggs.
— Dell H.
May 3, 2002
Use egg beaters or the like - they are tinted yellow - but are whites only
- and have been pasturized! They come in a carton in the refrigerated
section - very convenient, easy to measure, no waste, and freezable. AND
SAFE.
— M. A. B.
May 9, 2002
BTW - Dell, you are right - the eggs haven't changed and now there is all
of a sudeden salmonella in them. The _chickens_ have changed. Farmers
treat them prophylactically with antibiotics, (when they are not sick) and
the __Bacteria_ becomes resistant. The kind of antibiotics they use are
fluoroquinalones - in the same family as Cipro and other High Octane drugs.
So if you get an infection, it won't be easy for your body to get over it
because the bacteria has mutated into a super-infection- if you get really
sick, they have to try lots of antibiotics to find one that is not
resistant. I know more about this topic than I care to - but its a job.
SO- umm, unless you really like raw eggs, don't take your chances.
— M. A. B.
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