Powdered egg ?

[Jeffjones297]

Is anybody storing this, any ideas on viable shelf life and finally any recommendations, on sources. I'm storing powdered milk, powdered egg seems an obvious addition.

Obviously, eggs can be used in cooking recipes, can be cooked by themselves (such as scrambled, or as omelettes) are a valuable source of protein and additional food item to store.
Storing eggs can be complicated as in, bottled in a water glass mixture but strikes me, as beyond the average beginner prepper.
So, powdered egg would seem the ideal compromise.

Any thoughts ?.

[GeraldTheBonzai]

Powdered eggs can last for years, provided you can remove all moisture and store in an anaerobic state.
You can make your own, but it's messy and time consuming, so only worthwhile if you do it in bulk. Basically, you need to make an egg slurry, then dry it out slowly so you end up with a brittle cake. What you don't want to do is heat it such that you cook the eggs. You then grind the cake up and store in an airtight container.

Try an experiment. Whisk a couple of eggs then try slowly heating them in a low oven - gas mark 1. See if you can get them to dry out.

[Mad Scientist]

No-Egg is good. It’s actually plant based, so good with folks who can’t/won’t eat egg. I’ve made pancakes and things with it. Always have a box of it in my pantry.

[jennyjj01]

Is anybody storing this, any ideas on viable shelf life and finally any recommendations, on sources. I'm storing powdered milk, powdered egg seems an obvious addition.

I'm storing and occasionally using a few kilo of powdered egg which is BBE Dec 2018. It was cost effective at about £11 a kilo when I bought it, but I no longer have a source.
It's stored in poly bags and jars and seems as good today as it ever was apart from maybe needing a bit more whisking.
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[Jeffjones297]

I've since learned, powdered egg is similar in shelf life to rice and pasta ! 10 yrs is considered ok in sealed containers.
So it's a very versatile and valuable resource, the cheapest I've found is approx £10 per half kilo.
If anyone can improve on this, I'd be obliged to hear of it !
It works out at one tablespoon to 3 of water, to recreate 1 egg.

I say versatile, as egg is often an ingredient of cooking and baking, as well as a stand alone food source.

Protein sources may be most valuable in the future, rice and pasta can only go so far.

[PPrep]

Protein sources may be most valuable in the future, rice and pasta can only go so far.

This post is rather late, but indeed powdered egg is a very useful protein source for me, as I don't eat meat. To make life easy for myself, I can poach them hard in one of those small silicone rubber "cups" in the saucepan when cooking rice or whatever. I do this for hard - boiled eggs in the shell. This method of "poaching" the egg powder takes some 12 to 15 minutes to hard - boil the egg. This minimises use of water, fuel and cooking smells during an emergency. A half kilo cost me about £11.50 for whole egg powder from eBay, sourced from Holland.

[Frnc]

I have a bag I bought off ebay. Not tried it yet. It expires in Dec I think, so I'll start using it around Oct/Nov. I've had it before, but different brand. This is supposed to be free range. Don't know country of origin.

[Frnc]

Protein sources may be most valuable in the future, rice and pasta can only go so far.

This post is rather late, but indeed powdered egg is a very useful protein source for me, as I don't eat meat. To make life easy for myself, I can poach them hard in one of those small silicone rubber "cups" in the saucepan when cooking rice or whatever. I do this for hard - boiled eggs in the shell. This method of "poaching" the egg powder takes some 12 to 15 minutes to hard - boil the egg. This minimises use of water, fuel and cooking smells during an emergency. A half kilo cost me about £11.50 for whole egg powder from eBay, sourced from Holland.

Also I suggest powdered falafel mix eg Al'Fez Lebanese Middle Eastern Falafel Kit 150g.

[GillyBee]

Before chicken egg went off limits for us, we found it good in pancakes and standard cake mixes as well as Yorkshire pudding/Toad-in-the-Hole. I think it might work for Spanish Omelette type meals too - i.e. fry up a bit of bacon & a selection of veg, stir in reconstituted egg ^ a bit of cheddar and let it all set solid.

[Odin]

Can anyone recommend a safe place to buy powdered eggs (or a manufacturer), with shelf life 10-20 years?