What you always wanted to know about eggs…

Globally, around one thousand billion (10¹²) eggs are consumed every year. On average, every person on the planet consumes about 200 eggs a year. These little parcels contain a very special food. They not only supply a rich cocktail of nutrients - they also make cooking a kind of "jeu sans frontières": Germans love soft-boiled eggs for breakfast, Americans look forward to an egg "sunny side up", Spaniards adore filled tortillas, Italians wax enthusiastic about eggs "frittata" and the Japanese just love to dip raw meat into eggs fresh from the nest. Few foodstuffs are as versatile as fresh eggs. Whether in cakes, fine desserts, ice cream, gourmet sauces or egg noodles - everywhere eggs are recognizable by the yellow of their yolks.