In our recent election, I was led to believe the president controls the price of eggs.
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There are more than 26 Billion chickens in the world... I'm pretty sure we're just getting fucked by the corporations, once again.
Here's a better number...
In 2023, there were about 379 million egg-laying hens in the US
In 2023, Americans ate an average of 281.3 eggs per person
The U.S. egg industry produces about 110 billion eggs each year.
Maybe I just don't eat a ton of eggs and certainly don't think about the number of eggs used to make other foods. But that 281 eggs per person just astounds me.
I'm pretty sure they including eggs that are part of other things you buy at the store and restaurants such as most bread products, cakes, some custard/ice cream, etc. I know that my two person household doesn't eat anywhere close to that many eggs, otherwise.
People go through eggs incredibly fast. I myself eat at least three if it's part of a meal, i.e. scrambled eggs with bacon and toast or something.
Last month I had someone staying with me and we ate a dozen eggs in like three days.
The only thing I can think of that would get it that high is things like mayo, but that still seems way too high.
A quick list of foods with egg in them:
Mayonnaise, meringue, egg noodles and pasta, creamy salad dressings, French toast, cream-filled pies, custard ice cream, pudding, sherbet and commercially prepared pancakes, cakes and brownies, cream puffs, custard and flan.
Egg may appear on an (ingredients) label as albumin, globulin, lecithin, lysozyme, simplesse and vitellin. Food Ingredients labeled with "ova" -- such as ovalbumin, ovomucin, ovomucoid -- also indicate the presence of egg. Source
Looks like the podcast episode isnt available right now, but Jason Mantzoukas has a deadly egg allergy. He talked about what a nightmare it is to live with because eggs are so ubiquitous.
I had no idea there was even such a thing as an egg allergy
Author of this article had a lot of fun with all the egg puns
The yolk's on you!